diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evlist.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evlist.h
index 20d90e29fc0e..a2fbccf1922f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evlist.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap_ops(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			  struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
 			  struct perf_mmap_param *mp);
 
+void perf_evlist__init(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__exit(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
 /**
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evsel.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evsel.h
index a69b8299c36f..1ffd083b235e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/evsel.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	bool			 system_wide;
 };
 
+void perf_evsel__init(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_event_attr *attr);
 int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
 void perf_evsel__close_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 void perf_evsel__free_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evlist.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evlist.h
index 8c4b3c28535e..0a7479dc13bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evlist.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ struct perf_evsel;
 struct perf_cpu_map;
 struct perf_thread_map;
 
-LIBPERF_API void perf_evlist__init(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 LIBPERF_API void perf_evlist__add(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 				  struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 LIBPERF_API void perf_evlist__remove(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h
index 4388667f265c..557f5815a9c9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/perf/evsel.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ struct perf_counts_values {
 	};
 };
 
-LIBPERF_API void perf_evsel__init(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-				  struct perf_event_attr *attr);
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new(struct perf_event_attr *attr);
 LIBPERF_API void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 LIBPERF_API int perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map b/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map
index 8be02afc324b..7be1af8a546c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/libperf.map
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ LIBPERF_0.0.1 {
 		perf_evsel__delete;
 		perf_evsel__enable;
 		perf_evsel__disable;
-		perf_evsel__init;
 		perf_evsel__open;
 		perf_evsel__close;
 		perf_evsel__read;
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ LIBPERF_0.0.1 {
 		perf_evlist__close;
 		perf_evlist__enable;
 		perf_evlist__disable;
-		perf_evlist__init;
 		perf_evlist__add;
 		perf_evlist__remove;
 		perf_evlist__next;