diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 63a3afc7f32b..e587808591e8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
 
 #include "sane_ctype.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c b/tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c
index a20cbc445426..57fc544aedb0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 #include "tests.h"
 #include "debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index 8c8a7abe809d..af2eda29660f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include "rwsem.h"
-#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include "map.h"
 #include "namespaces.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
index 902ce6384f57..512ad7c09b13 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <zlib.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "util/compress.h"
 #include "util/util.h"