diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 36e66ac40abc..0761d57e5fb6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ CORE_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	libslang			\
 	libunwind			\
 	on-exit				\
-	stackprotector			\
 	stackprotector-all		\
 	timerfd
 
@@ -209,10 +208,6 @@ ifeq ($(feature-stackprotector-all), 1)
   CFLAGS += -fstack-protector-all
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(feature-stackprotector), 1)
-  CFLAGS += -Wstack-protector
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(DEBUG),0)
   ifeq ($(feature-fortify-source), 1)
     CFLAGS += -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 87e790017c69..b8bb749c3392 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ FILES=					\
 	test-libunwind-debug-frame	\
 	test-on-exit			\
 	test-stackprotector-all		\
-	test-stackprotector		\
 	test-timerfd
 
 CC := $(CC) -MD
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ BUILD = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(OUTPUT)$@ $@.c
 ###############################
 
 test-all:
-	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector -fstack-protector-all -O2 -Werror -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma $(LIBUNWIND_LIBS) -lelf -laudit -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl
+	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector-all -O2 -Werror -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma $(LIBUNWIND_LIBS) -lelf -laudit -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl
 
 test-hello:
 	$(BUILD)
@@ -46,9 +45,6 @@ test-hello:
 test-stackprotector-all:
 	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector-all
 
-test-stackprotector:
-	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector -Wstack-protector
-
 test-fortify-source:
 	$(BUILD) -O2 -Werror -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-stackprotector.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-stackprotector.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c9f398d87868..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-stackprotector.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int main(void)
-{
-	return puts("hi");
-}