diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
index b035911969b8..1a69eb565dc0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "namespaces.h"
-#include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/strlist.h"
 #include "util/build-id.h"
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "util/time-utils.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/probe-file.h"
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 static int build_id_cache__kcore_buildid(const char *proc_dir, char *sbuildid)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
index 38b2ec61c021..5a0d8b378cb5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/build-id.h"
-#include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/dso.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 474c4799d29d..0a4fcbe32bf6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 #include "util/evsel.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h"
 #include "util/term.h"
-#include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/intlist.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "util/top.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include "util/ordered-events.h"
+#include "ui/ui.h"
 
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_TIMERFD_SUPPORT
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index 11afb760616b..e290f6b348d8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
-#include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/pmu.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/metricgroup.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index b0ff952be9db..4c2b7f437cdf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 
 #include "util/evlist.h" // for struct evsel_str_handler
 #include "util/evsel.h"
-#include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
 
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 91d0a9b10581..ec96d64aec69 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "perf-sys.h"
 
 #include "util/evlist.h"
-#include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/evsel.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "util/callchain.h"
 #include "util/time-utils.h"
 
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/trace-event.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 1ff04b00a561..e079b34201f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "builtin.h"
 
-#include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/counts.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/dso.h"
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "util/thread-stack.h"
 #include "util/time-utils.h"
 #include "util/path.h"
+#include "ui/ui.h"
 #include "print_binary.h"
 #include "archinsn.h"
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 65560a86f643..e0e822695a29 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "util/color.h"
 #include <linux/list.h>
-#include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/evlist.h" // for struct evsel_str_handler
 #include "util/evsel.h"
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 8763b2c0fbfd..1193b923e801 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * perf.c
  *
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
+#include "ui/ui.h"
 #include "perf-sys.h"
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c b/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
index ca5a5f94ce79..022e4c9cf092 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <bpf/libbpf.h>
 #include <util/llvm-utils.h>
-#include <util/cache.h>
 #include "llvm.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 #include "debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/header.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/header.c
index 5aeb663dd184..0f59a7001479 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/header.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "util/cache.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
 #include "ui/browser.h"
 #include "ui/keysyms.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/browser.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/browser.c
index 06a6a1ebaef0..8f3e43d148a8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/browser.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/browser.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "../cache.h"
 #include "../evsel.h"
 #include "../sort.h"
 #include "../hist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
index 0efdb226d1a7..6c2efc10bf5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "../evlist.h"
-#include "../cache.h"
 #include "../callchain.h"
 #include "../evsel.h"
 #include "../sort.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/setup.c b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/setup.c
index 506e73b3834c..1a2616b97b5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/gtk/setup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/gtk/setup.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "gtk.h"
-#include "../../util/cache.h"
 #include "../../util/debug.h"
 
 extern struct perf_error_ops perf_gtk_eops;
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/helpline.h b/tools/perf/ui/helpline.h
index 8f775a053ca3..2165a098dee8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/helpline.h
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/helpline.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
-#include "../util/cache.h"
-
 struct ui_helpline {
 	void (*pop)(void);
 	void (*push)(const char *msg);
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/progress.c b/tools/perf/ui/progress.c
index 8cd3b64c6893..99d60223c74b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/progress.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/progress.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include "../util/cache.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 
 static void null_progress__update(struct ui_progress *p __maybe_unused)
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/setup.c b/tools/perf/ui/setup.c
index 3bc7c9a6fae9..c7a86b4be9f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/setup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/setup.c
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 
-#include "../util/cache.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include "../util/debug.h"
 #include "../util/hist.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
+#include "ui.h"
 
 pthread_mutex_t ui__lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 void *perf_gtk_handle;
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/tui/helpline.c b/tools/perf/ui/tui/helpline.c
index 1793c98653a5..5f188f678c55 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/tui/helpline.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/tui/helpline.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #include "../../util/debug.h"
 #include "../helpline.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/tui/progress.c b/tools/perf/ui/tui/progress.c
index 5a24dd3ce4db..3d74af5a7ece 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/tui/progress.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/tui/progress.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include "../../util/cache.h"
 #include "../progress.h"
 #include "../libslang.h"
 #include "../ui.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/tui/setup.c b/tools/perf/ui/tui/setup.c
index 2881982b483c..56651a4f5aa0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/tui/setup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/tui/setup.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #endif
 
-#include "../../util/cache.h"
 #include "../../util/debug.h"
 #include "../../util/util.h"
 #include "../../perf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/tui/util.c b/tools/perf/ui/tui/util.c
index 1163df8b6f06..087d9ab054c8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/tui/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/tui/util.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/ttydefaults.h>
 
-#include "../../util/cache.h"
 #include "../../util/debug.h"
 #include "../browser.h"
 #include "../keysyms.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 67a7513077d0..eb3c50de831d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "build-id.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "dso.h"
 #include "map.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/color.c b/tools/perf/util/color.c
index 39b8c4ec4e2e..bffbdd216a6a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/color.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/color.c
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include "cache.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "color.h"
 #include <math.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/color_config.c b/tools/perf/util/color_config.c
index 817dc56e7e95..dc09ba7cb31e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/color_config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/color_config.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include "cache.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "config.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index 143d379d4608..a1b59bd35519 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #endif
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "event.h"
 #include "debug.h"
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "target.h"
 #include "ui/helpline.h"
+#include "ui/ui.h"
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
index 3bfdf2b7a96a..f8ccfd6be0ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 
-#include "../cache.h"
 #include "../auxtrace.h"
 
 #include "intel-pt-insn-decoder.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 523af1bd82e6..5ec21d21113c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 #include "build-id.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
 #include "string2.h"
 #include "strlist.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "header.h"
 #include "bpf-loader.h"
 #include "debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.c b/tools/perf/util/path.c
index ca56ba2dd3da..caed0336429f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.c
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
  *
  * which is what it's designed for.
  */
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "path.h"
+#include "cache.h"
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.h b/tools/perf/util/path.h
index f014f905df50..083429b7efa3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.h
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #ifndef _PERF_PATH_H
 #define _PERF_PATH_H
 
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
 struct dirent;
 
 int path__join(char *bf, size_t size, const char *path1, const char *path2);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 9807be6f09bb..6b3448f6eb94 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "header.h"
 #include "pmu-events/pmu-events.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "string2.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 
 struct perf_pmu_format {
 	char *name;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index e90faa6bb5aa..b8e0967c5c21 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "strfilter.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "dso.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "map.h"
 #include "map_groups.h"
@@ -38,7 +37,9 @@
 #include "probe-file.h"
 #include "session.h"
 #include "string2.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
index adc949e8314f..d13db55a2feb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 #include "strfilter.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "dso.h"
-#include "cache.h"
 #include "color.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
 #include "probe-event.h"
 #include "probe-file.h"