diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/cavium/thunderx2/core-imp-def.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/cavium/thunderx2/core-imp-def.json
index 2db45c40ebc7..bc03c06c3918 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/cavium/thunderx2/core-imp-def.json
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/arm64/cavium/thunderx2/core-imp-def.json
@@ -1,62 +1,32 @@
 [
     {
-        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data cache access, read",
-        "EventCode": "0x40",
-        "EventName": "l1d_cache_rd",
-        "BriefDescription": "L1D cache read",
+        "ArchStdEvent": "L1D_CACHE_RD",
     },
     {
-        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data cache access, write ",
-        "EventCode": "0x41",
-        "EventName": "l1d_cache_wr",
-        "BriefDescription": "L1D cache write",
+        "ArchStdEvent": "L1D_CACHE_WR",
     },
     {
-        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data cache refill, read",
-        "EventCode": "0x42",
-        "EventName": "l1d_cache_refill_rd",
-        "BriefDescription": "L1D cache refill read",
+        "ArchStdEvent": "L1D_CACHE_REFILL_RD",
     },
     {
-        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data cache refill, write",
-        "EventCode": "0x43",
-        "EventName": "l1d_cache_refill_wr",
-        "BriefDescription": "L1D refill write",
+        "ArchStdEvent": "L1D_CACHE_REFILL_WR",
     },
     {
-        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data TLB refill, read",
-        "EventCode": "0x4C",
-        "EventName": "l1d_tlb_refill_rd",
-        "BriefDescription": "L1D tlb refill read",
+        "ArchStdEvent": "L1D_TLB_REFILL_RD",
     },
     {
-        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data TLB refill, write",
-        "EventCode": "0x4D",
-        "EventName": "l1d_tlb_refill_wr",
-        "BriefDescription": "L1D tlb refill write",
+        "ArchStdEvent": "L1D_TLB_REFILL_WR",
     },
     {
-        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data or unified TLB access, read",
-        "EventCode": "0x4E",
-        "EventName": "l1d_tlb_rd",
-        "BriefDescription": "L1D tlb read",
+        "ArchStdEvent": "L1D_TLB_RD",
     },
     {
-        "PublicDescription": "Attributable Level 1 data or unified TLB access, write",
-        "EventCode": "0x4F",
-        "EventName": "l1d_tlb_wr",
-        "BriefDescription": "L1D tlb write",
+        "ArchStdEvent": "L1D_TLB_WR",
     },
     {
-        "PublicDescription": "Bus access read",
-        "EventCode": "0x60",
-        "EventName": "bus_access_rd",
-        "BriefDescription": "Bus access read",
+        "ArchStdEvent": "BUS_ACCESS_RD",
    },
    {
-        "PublicDescription": "Bus access write",
-        "EventCode": "0x61",
-        "EventName": "bus_access_wr",
-        "BriefDescription": "Bus access write",
+        "ArchStdEvent": "BUS_ACCESS_WR",
    }
 ]