diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 738471a0a549..7135b77a18e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "util/event.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
-#include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/sort.h"
 #include "util/hist.h"
 #include "util/dso.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index fa4212dac9bb..7e17bf9f700a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 #include "util/stat.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
 #include "util/cpumap.h"
-#include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/thread_map.h"
 #include "util/counts.h"
 #include "util/group.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 0f0d96262d14..eb941213fa0c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "util/map.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
-#include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/thread_map.h"
 #include "util/top.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
index 41dede2f40d8..618b51ffcc01 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
 #include "util/machine.h"
-#include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "tests/tests.h"
 #include "tests/hists_common.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
index 012fe8ac0b24..8be4d0b61e3a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "machine.h"
-#include "thread.h"
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "hists_common.h"
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
index d7c3fbb3694f..6bee59946c4f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "session.h"
-#include "thread.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "auxtrace.h"
 #include "arm-spe.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 5d12a78c8ac8..e90faa6bb5aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "map.h"
 #include "map_groups.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
-#include "thread.h"
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include "trace-event.h"	/* For __maybe_unused */
 #include "probe-event.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
index 10d2ab179c71..adc949e8314f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
-#include "thread.h"
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
 #include "probe-event.h"
 #include "probe-file.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c b/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c
index 2ba4baa2c52f..24a99909d8b3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "session.h"
 #include "tool.h"
-#include "thread.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "auxtrace.h"
 #include "s390-cpumsf.h"