diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 917c8fb4baa50bd022384f0d8e08cbbdda7e4ec0..4e56e399bbc81202366f2fe52e3ccfd5b1b6461a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static void strip_fini(struct perf_inject *inject)
 		if (evsel->handler == drop_sample &&
 		    ok_to_remove(evlist, evsel)) {
 			pr_debug("Deleting %s\n", perf_evsel__name(evsel));
-			perf_evlist__remove(evlist, evsel);
+			evlist__remove(evlist, evsel);
 			evsel__delete(evsel);
 		}
 	}
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static int __cmd_inject(struct perf_inject *inject)
 			if (evsel) {
 				pr_debug("Deleting %s\n",
 					 perf_evsel__name(evsel));
-				perf_evlist__remove(session->evlist, evsel);
+				evlist__remove(session->evlist, evsel);
 				evsel__delete(evsel);
 			}
 			if (inject->strip)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 7741e12bdcb0e3b7e1e7e688da91c3c4bbc7629b..47516db624247cac06cd0b52fa191994cbcd8ba3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void evlist__add(struct evlist *evlist, struct evsel *entry)
 	__perf_evlist__propagate_maps(evlist, entry);
 }
 
-void perf_evlist__remove(struct evlist *evlist, struct evsel *evsel)
+void evlist__remove(struct evlist *evlist, struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	evsel->evlist = NULL;
 	list_del_init(&evsel->node);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index d52b29a1d8522b626ded9971d76347ac489e7b40..b3a44e2eed08e242c27393b87152f0c835f60df9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void perf_evlist__exit(struct evlist *evlist);
 void evlist__delete(struct evlist *evlist);
 
 void evlist__add(struct evlist *evlist, struct evsel *entry);
-void perf_evlist__remove(struct evlist *evlist, struct evsel *evsel);
+void evlist__remove(struct evlist *evlist, struct evsel *evsel);
 
 int __perf_evlist__add_default(struct evlist *evlist, bool precise);