diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index 194f37d635df..5b3123d5721f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ specified perf.data files.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
--M::
---displacement::
-        Show position displacement relative to baseline.
-
 -D::
 --dump-raw-trace::
         Dump raw trace in ASCII.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index d869029fb75e..b2e7d39f099b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ static char const *input_old = "perf.data.old",
 		  *input_new = "perf.data";
 static char	  diff__default_sort_order[] = "dso,symbol";
 static bool  force;
-static bool show_displacement;
 static bool show_period;
 static bool show_formula;
 static bool show_baseline_only;
@@ -296,9 +295,8 @@ static void insert_hist_entry_by_name(struct rb_root *root,
 	rb_insert_color(&he->rb_node, root);
 }
 
-static void hists__name_resort(struct hists *self, bool sort)
+static void hists__name_resort(struct hists *self)
 {
-	unsigned long position = 1;
 	struct rb_root tmp = RB_ROOT;
 	struct rb_node *next = rb_first(&self->entries);
 
@@ -306,16 +304,12 @@ static void hists__name_resort(struct hists *self, bool sort)
 		struct hist_entry *n = rb_entry(next, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
 
 		next = rb_next(&n->rb_node);
-		n->position = position++;
 
-		if (sort) {
-			rb_erase(&n->rb_node, &self->entries);
-			insert_hist_entry_by_name(&tmp, n);
-		}
+		rb_erase(&n->rb_node, &self->entries);
+		insert_hist_entry_by_name(&tmp, n);
 	}
 
-	if (sort)
-		self->entries = tmp;
+	self->entries = tmp;
 }
 
 static struct perf_evsel *evsel_match(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
@@ -339,12 +333,8 @@ static void perf_evlist__resort_hists(struct perf_evlist *evlist, bool name)
 
 		hists__output_resort(hists);
 
-		/*
-		 * The hists__name_resort only sets possition
-		 * if name is false.
-		 */
-		if (name || ((!name) && show_displacement))
-			hists__name_resort(hists, name);
+		if (name)
+			hists__name_resort(hists);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -549,8 +539,6 @@ static const char * const diff_usage[] = {
 static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('M', "displacement", &show_displacement,
-		    "Show position displacement relative to baseline"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('b', "baseline-only", &show_baseline_only,
 		    "Show only items with match in baseline"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('c', "compute", &compute,
@@ -585,7 +573,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 static void ui_init(void)
 {
 	/*
-	 * Display baseline/delta/ratio/displacement/
+	 * Display baseline/delta/ratio
 	 * formula/periods columns.
 	 */
 	perf_hpp__column_enable(PERF_HPP__BASELINE);
@@ -604,9 +592,6 @@ static void ui_init(void)
 		BUG_ON(1);
 	};
 
-	if (show_displacement)
-		perf_hpp__column_enable(PERF_HPP__DISPL);
-
 	if (show_formula)
 		perf_hpp__column_enable(PERF_HPP__FORMULA);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index 1785bab7adfd..1889c12ca81f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -351,30 +351,6 @@ static int hpp__entry_wdiff(struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he)
 	return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, fmt, buf);
 }
 
-static int hpp__header_displ(struct perf_hpp *hpp)
-{
-	return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "Displ.");
-}
-
-static int hpp__width_displ(struct perf_hpp *hpp __maybe_unused)
-{
-	return 6;
-}
-
-static int hpp__entry_displ(struct perf_hpp *hpp,
-			    struct hist_entry *he)
-{
-	struct hist_entry *pair = hist_entry__next_pair(he);
-	long displacement = pair ? pair->position - he->position : 0;
-	const char *fmt = symbol_conf.field_sep ? "%s" : "%6.6s";
-	char buf[32] = " ";
-
-	if (displacement)
-		scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%+4ld", displacement);
-
-	return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, fmt, buf);
-}
-
 static int hpp__header_formula(struct perf_hpp *hpp)
 {
 	const char *fmt = symbol_conf.field_sep ? "%s" : "%70s";
@@ -427,7 +403,6 @@ struct perf_hpp_fmt perf_hpp__format[] = {
 	HPP__PRINT_FNS(delta),
 	HPP__PRINT_FNS(ratio),
 	HPP__PRINT_FNS(wdiff),
-	HPP__PRINT_FNS(displ),
 	HPP__PRINT_FNS(formula)
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index c1b2fade8e70..5b3b0075be64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ enum {
 	PERF_HPP__DELTA,
 	PERF_HPP__RATIO,
 	PERF_HPP__WEIGHTED_DIFF,
-	PERF_HPP__DISPL,
 	PERF_HPP__FORMULA,
 
 	PERF_HPP__MAX_INDEX