diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
index 9e9a2b67de19..8322fc2295fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
-/* For the CLR_() macros */
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
index 90828ae03ef5..f3275be83a33 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 /* For the CPU_* macros */
-#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sched.h>
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
index 4952abe716f3..7aa946aa886d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
-/* For the CLR_() macros */
-#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <perf/mmap.h>