diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/mksyscalltbl b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/mksyscalltbl
index a7ca48d1e37b..22cdf911dd9a 100755
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/mksyscalltbl
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/entry/syscalls/mksyscalltbl
@@ -23,34 +23,17 @@ create_table_from_c()
 {
 	local sc nr last_sc
 
-	create_table_exe=`mktemp ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/create-table-XXXXXX`
-
-	{
-
-	cat <<-_EoHEADER
-		#include <stdio.h>
-		#include "$input"
-		int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-		{
-	_EoHEADER
-
 	while read sc nr; do
-		printf "%s\n" "	printf(\"\\t[%d] = \\\"$sc\\\",\\n\", __NR_$sc);"
+		printf "%s\n" "	[$nr] = \"$sc\","
 		last_sc=$sc
 	done
 
-	printf "%s\n" "	printf(\"#define SYSCALLTBL_ARM64_MAX_ID %d\\n\", __NR_$last_sc);"
-	printf "}\n"
-
-	} | $hostcc -I $incpath/include/uapi -o $create_table_exe -x c -
-
-	$create_table_exe
-
-	rm -f $create_table_exe
+	printf "%s\n" "#define SYSCALLTBL_ARM64_MAX_ID __NR_$last_sc"
 }
 
 create_table()
 {
+	echo "#include \"$input\""
 	echo "static const char *syscalltbl_arm64[] = {"
 	create_table_from_c
 	echo "};"