diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 6fd52c8fa682..4136f9970fd5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -69,15 +69,7 @@ static int perf_evsel__add_sample(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	if (he == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = 0;
-	if (he->ms.sym != NULL) {
-		struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(he->ms.sym);
-		if (notes->src == NULL && symbol__alloc_hist(he->ms.sym) < 0)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
-		ret = hist_entry__inc_addr_samples(he, evsel->idx, al->addr);
-	}
-
+	ret = hist_entry__inc_addr_samples(he, evsel->idx, al->addr);
 	evsel->hists.stats.total_period += sample->period;
 	hists__inc_nr_events(&evsel->hists, PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index b75fc361b9bd..0615a63ae355 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -122,23 +122,9 @@ static int perf_report__add_mem_hist_entry(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	if (!he)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/*
-	 * In the TUI browser, we are doing integrated annotation,
-	 * so we don't allocate the extra space needed because the stdio
-	 * code will not use it.
-	 */
-	if (sort__has_sym && he->ms.sym && use_browser > 0) {
-		struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(he->ms.sym);
-
-		assert(evsel != NULL);
-
-		if (notes->src == NULL && symbol__alloc_hist(he->ms.sym) < 0)
-			goto out;
-
-		err = hist_entry__inc_addr_samples(he, evsel->idx, al->addr);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
-	}
+	err = hist_entry__inc_addr_samples(he, evsel->idx, al->addr);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
 	mx = he->mem_info;
 	err = symbol__inc_addr_samples(mx->daddr.sym, mx->daddr.map,
@@ -259,26 +245,10 @@ static int perf_evsel__add_hist_entry(struct perf_tool *tool,
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
-	/*
-	 * Only in the TUI browser we are doing integrated annotation,
-	 * so we don't allocated the extra space needed because the stdio
-	 * code will not use it.
-	 */
-	if (he->ms.sym != NULL && use_browser == 1 && sort__has_sym) {
-		struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(he->ms.sym);
-
-		assert(evsel != NULL);
-
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		if (notes->src == NULL && symbol__alloc_hist(he->ms.sym) < 0)
-			goto out;
-
-		err = hist_entry__inc_addr_samples(he, evsel->idx, al->addr);
-	}
 
+	err = hist_entry__inc_addr_samples(he, evsel->idx, al->addr);
 	evsel->hists.stats.total_period += sample->period;
 	hists__inc_nr_events(&evsel->hists, PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE);
-out:
 	return err;
 }