diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
index d0c5bbfd91af..c2519e7ea958 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #include <internal/cpumap.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
 
-#include "perf.h"
-
 struct cpu_map_data;
 
 struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__empty_new(int nr);