diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/sdt.c b/tools/perf/tests/sdt.c
index cf1bd57d3023..60f0e9ee04fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/sdt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/sdt.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <util/symbol.h>
 #include <linux/filter.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index d6ae394e67c4..b78b73e5bb32 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <internal/lib.h>
 
 /* General helper functions */
 void usage(const char *err) __noreturn;