diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
index 6ad2b1c6b27..71557225bf9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  *
  * Written by Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@dcl.info.waseda.ac.jp>
  */
-#include <ctype.h>
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c
index 59d4933eff4..e9079185bd7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  *
  * Trivial clone of mem-memcpy.c.
  */
-#include <ctype.h>
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "../util/util.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index 5d732621a46..67dc4aed721 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
 #include <dwarf-regs.h>
 
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 0b2a4878317..c2623c6f9b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "../../perf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 1a8d4dc4f38..e0a4f652f28 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "../perf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index f55cc3a765a..b9592e0de8d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "../perf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
index a3fdf55f317..18ae6c1831d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "../perf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/map.c b/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/map.c
index 6905bcc8be2..eca6575abfd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/map.c
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #include <newt.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <sys/ttydefaults.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include "../../util.h"
 #include "../../debug.h"
 #include "../../symbol.h"
 #include "../browser.h"