diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-record b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-record
index c7ec5de2f535..3c1574498942 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-record
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-record
@@ -1,7 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 perf record -c 1 -f -a -M -R -e kmem:kmalloc -e irq:softirq_entry
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diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-report b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-report
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fc4a033dd49..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-report
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# description: useless but exhaustive test script
-perf trace -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/perl/check-perf-trace.pl
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