diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index bf74d6564eba..dcadf08f840a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@
 #define YYDEBUG 1
 
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <fnmatch.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include "pmu.h"
 #include "pmus.h"
 #include "evsel.h"