diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libtraceevent.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libtraceevent.c
index 416b11ffd4b4..804ad80dbbd9 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-libtraceevent.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libtraceevent.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include <traceevent/trace-seq.h>
+#include <trace-seq.h>
 
 int main(void)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index a756147e2eec..4d8d94146f8d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <regex.h>
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 
 static int	kmem_slab;
 static int	kmem_page;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kwork.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kwork.c
index c1daf82c9b92..8234410cba4c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kwork.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kwork.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 45304ee5537c..048c91960ba9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 struct report {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 6b6d4472db6e..9e47905f75a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 static char const		*script_name;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 218c8b44d7be..9b50076449bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "util/tracepoint.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include <linux/err.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 
 #ifdef LACKS_OPEN_MEMSTREAM_PROTOTYPE
 FILE *open_memstream(char **ptr, size_t *sizeloc);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index a661fbd870e7..156c3e829179 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 #include <perf/mmap.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifndef O_CLOEXEC
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
index 3da6a76eac38..226196fb9677 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/err.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 #include "debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index 021e9b1d5cc5..f0599c61fab4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "util/sample.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 #define pr_N(n, fmt, ...) \
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c
index 20bfb0884e9e..8304cd2d4a9c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "util/tool.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 struct convert_json {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index d633d15329fa..995f6bb05b5f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #else
 #define LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION 0
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f780e30aa259..ef45a3f49056 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 struct perf_missing_features perf_missing_features;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
index c2c0500d5da9..86b7f46f9e2a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "dso.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 static int comma_fprintf(FILE *fp, bool *first, const char *fmt, ...)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index a6386d12afd7..fca27b316faf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 #include <internal/lib.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index ee3d43a7ba45..2096cdbaa53b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 #include <perf/mmap.h>
 #include "evlist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
index e16257d5ab2c..85b7f188f729 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-perl.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 /* perl needs the following define, right after including stdbool.h */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index e6d4711a7d69..8bdae066e839 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "../build-id.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 168c488f0178..9dd60c7869a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 regex_t		parent_regex;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index d97830cdbd7e..41d53e1b43e7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 
 static int get_common_field(struct scripting_context *context,
 			    int *offset, int *size, const char *type)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index 1162c49b8082..ecbbb93f0185 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
index bd0000300c77..5596fcda2c10 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-scripting.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
index 8ad75b31e09b..6a8c66c64b70 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 #include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include "trace-event.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 0e5133f1b910..79b939f947dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int common_lock_depth(struct scripting_context *context);
 int perf_sample__sprintf_flags(u32 flags, char *str, size_t sz);
 
 #if defined(LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION) &&  LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION >= MAKE_LIBTRACEEVENT_VERSION(1, 5, 0)
-#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <event-parse.h>
 
 static inline bool tep_field_is_relative(unsigned long flags)
 {