diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
index bbf89e944e7b..39553702c1f3 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh
@@ -52,17 +52,6 @@ perf_script_branch_samples() {
 		grep -E " +$1 +[0-9]+ .* +branches:(.*:)? +" > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
-perf_report_branch_samples() {
-	echo "Looking at perf.data file for reporting branch samples:"
-
-	# Below is an example of the branch samples reporting:
-	#   73.04%    73.04%  touch    libc-2.27.so      [.] _dl_addr
-	#    7.71%     7.71%  touch    libc-2.27.so      [.] getenv
-	#    2.59%     2.59%  touch    ld-2.27.so        [.] strcmp
-	perf report --stdio -i ${perfdata} 2>&1 | \
-		grep -E " +[0-9]+\.[0-9]+% +[0-9]+\.[0-9]+% +$1 " > /dev/null 2>&1
-}
-
 perf_report_instruction_samples() {
 	echo "Looking at perf.data file for instruction samples:"
 
@@ -123,7 +112,6 @@ arm_cs_iterate_devices() {
 
 			record_touch_file $device_name $2 &&
 			perf_script_branch_samples touch &&
-			perf_report_branch_samples touch &&
 			perf_report_instruction_samples touch
 
 			err=$?
@@ -154,9 +142,7 @@ arm_cs_etm_system_wide_test() {
 
 	# System-wide mode should include perf samples so test for that
 	# instead of ls
-	perf_script_branch_samples perf &&
-	perf_report_branch_samples perf &&
-	perf_report_instruction_samples perf
+	perf_script_branch_samples perf
 
 	err=$?
 	arm_cs_report "CoreSight system wide testing" $err
@@ -179,7 +165,6 @@ arm_cs_etm_snapshot_test() {
 	wait $PERFPID
 
 	perf_script_branch_samples dd &&
-	perf_report_branch_samples dd &&
 	perf_report_instruction_samples dd
 
 	err=$?
@@ -191,7 +176,6 @@ arm_cs_etm_basic_test() {
 	perf record -o ${perfdata} "$@" -m,8M -- ls > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 	perf_script_branch_samples ls &&
-	perf_report_branch_samples ls &&
 	perf_report_instruction_samples ls
 
 	err=$?