diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
index fb3a2f13fc70..339d7628080c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
@@ -1525,8 +1525,7 @@ static __init int pt_init(void)
 	}
 
 	if (!intel_pt_validate_hw_cap(PT_CAP_topa_multiple_entries))
-		pt_pmu.pmu.capabilities =
-			PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_NO_SG | PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_SW_DOUBLEBUF;
+		pt_pmu.pmu.capabilities = PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_NO_SG;
 
 	pt_pmu.pmu.capabilities	|= PERF_PMU_CAP_EXCLUSIVE | PERF_PMU_CAP_ITRACE;
 	pt_pmu.pmu.attr_groups		 = pt_attr_groups;
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index e47ef764f613..1f678f023850 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ struct perf_event;
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT		0x01
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_NMI			0x02
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_NO_SG			0x04
-#define PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_SW_DOUBLEBUF		0x08
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_EXCLUSIVE			0x10
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_ITRACE			0x20
 #define PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS		0x40