diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
index 0a7782c61209..789956f76d85 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/Build
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 perf-y += header.o
 perf-y += perf_regs.o
-perf-y += sym-handling.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_DWARF)     += dwarf-regs.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LOCAL_LIBUNWIND) += unwind-libunwind.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dfa3e5229f1..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/*
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Naveen N. Rao, IBM Corporation
- */
-
-#include "symbol.h" // for the elf__needs_adjust_symbols() prototype
-#include <stdbool.h>
-
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
-#include <gelf.h>
-
-bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
-{
-	return ehdr.e_type == ET_EXEC ||
-	       ehdr.e_type == ET_REL ||
-	       ehdr.e_type == ET_DYN;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
index 7cf0b8803097..e5c9504f8586 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 perf-y += header.o
-perf-y += sym-handling.o
 perf-y += kvm-stat.o
 perf-y += perf_regs.o
 perf-y += mem-events.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
index abb7a12d8f93..0856b32f9e08 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -10,16 +10,6 @@
 #include "probe-event.h"
 #include "probe-file.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
-bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
-{
-	return ehdr.e_type == ET_EXEC ||
-	       ehdr.e_type == ET_REL ||
-	       ehdr.e_type == ET_DYN;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 int arch__choose_best_symbol(struct symbol *syma,
 			     struct symbol *symb __maybe_unused)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 1965aefccb02..be5b493f8284 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -704,9 +704,15 @@ void symsrc__destroy(struct symsrc *ss)
 	close(ss->fd);
 }
 
-bool __weak elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
+bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
 {
-	return ehdr.e_type == ET_EXEC || ehdr.e_type == ET_REL;
+	/*
+	 * Usually vmlinux is an ELF file with type ET_EXEC for most
+	 * architectures; except Arm64 kernel is linked with option
+	 * '-share', so need to check type ET_DYN.
+	 */
+	return ehdr.e_type == ET_EXEC || ehdr.e_type == ET_REL ||
+	       ehdr.e_type == ET_DYN;
 }
 
 int symsrc__init(struct symsrc *ss, struct dso *dso, const char *name,