diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
index 5b9f2ca50591..def55054c55b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@
 #include <internal/mmap.h>
 #include <internal/cpumap.h>
 #include <internal/threadmap.h>
-#include <internal/xyarray.h>
 #include <internal/lib.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>