diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c
index 27fcf24d6850..5df788985130 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Naveen N. Rao, IBM Corporation
  */
 
-#include "debug.h"
-#include "symbol.h"
-#include "map.h"
-#include "probe-event.h"
-#include "probe-file.h"
+#include "symbol.h" // for the elf__needs_adjust_symbols() prototype
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <gelf.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
 bool elf__needs_adjust_symbols(GElf_Ehdr ehdr)
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c b/tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c
index b1d1bbafe7ae..cbac71716dec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "tests.h"
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "thread.h"
-#include "map.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 
 int test__thread_mg_share(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __maybe_unused)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
index a30427aa1de0..aacffa2b0362 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "machine.h"
-#include "map.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "session.h"
 #include "tool.h"