diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index d28001016fb5..94e673643bcb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include "../../perf.h"
 #include "../util.h"
+#include <EXTERN.h>
+#include <perl.h>
+
+#include "../../perf.h"
 #include "../thread.h"
 #include "../event.h"
 #include "../trace-event.h"
 #include "../evsel.h"
 
-#include <EXTERN.h>
-#include <perl.h>
-
 void boot_Perf__Trace__Context(pTHX_ CV *cv);
 void boot_DynaLoader(pTHX_ CV *cv);
 typedef PerlInterpreter * INTERP;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 00a93a91a235..67a371355c75 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@
 #include <sys/poll.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <sys/select.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <netinet/tcp.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include "../../../include/linux/magic.h"
 #include "types.h"