diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 834f09fa5c62..9cd49130f438 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ strip-libs = $(filter-out -l%,$(1))
 PYTHON_EXT_SRCS := $(shell grep -v ^\# util/python-ext-sources)
 PYTHON_EXT_DEPS := util/python-ext-sources util/setup.py
 
-$(OUTPUT)python/perf.so: $(PYRF_OBJS) $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS)
+$(OUTPUT)python/perf.so: $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)CFLAGS='$(BASIC_CFLAGS)' $(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py \
 	  --quiet build_ext; \
 	mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)python && \
@@ -446,20 +446,6 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-inject.o
 
 PERFLIBS = $(LIB_FILE) $(LIBTRACEEVENT)
 
-# Files needed for the python binding, perf.so
-# pyrf is just an internal name needed for all those wrappers.
-# This has to be in sync with what is in the 'sources' variable in
-# tools/perf/util/setup.py
-
-PYRF_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/cpumap.o
-PYRF_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/ctype.o
-PYRF_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/evlist.o
-PYRF_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/evsel.o
-PYRF_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/python.o
-PYRF_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/thread_map.o
-PYRF_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/util.o
-PYRF_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/xyarray.o
-
 #
 # Platform specific tweaks
 #