diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index d2131fc863be57c3526ceca6527a2e357eae0904..917c8fb4baa50bd022384f0d8e08cbbdda7e4ec0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static void strip_fini(struct perf_inject *inject)
 		    ok_to_remove(evlist, evsel)) {
 			pr_debug("Deleting %s\n", perf_evsel__name(evsel));
 			perf_evlist__remove(evlist, evsel);
-			perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+			evsel__delete(evsel);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static int __cmd_inject(struct perf_inject *inject)
 				pr_debug("Deleting %s\n",
 					 perf_evsel__name(evsel));
 				perf_evlist__remove(session->evlist, evsel);
-				perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+				evsel__delete(evsel);
 			}
 			if (inject->strip)
 				strip_fini(inject);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index e133204b3bb9d7369d2c15c2d351bd9e17b415af..0f7d1859a2d17e27d2c5fd44301424beb268bd21 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -274,10 +274,10 @@ static int perf_evsel__init_tp_ptr_field(struct evsel *evsel,
 	({ struct syscall_tp *sc = evsel->priv;\
 	   perf_evsel__init_tp_ptr_field(evsel, &sc->name, #name); })
 
-static void perf_evsel__delete_priv(struct evsel *evsel)
+static void evsel__delete_priv(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	zfree(&evsel->priv);
-	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+	evsel__delete(evsel);
 }
 
 static int perf_evsel__init_syscall_tp(struct evsel *evsel)
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static struct evsel *perf_evsel__raw_syscall_newtp(const char *direction, void *
 	return evsel;
 
 out_delete:
-	perf_evsel__delete_priv(evsel);
+	evsel__delete_priv(evsel);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -2638,7 +2638,7 @@ static bool perf_evlist__add_vfs_getname(struct evlist *evlist)
 
 		list_del_init(&evsel->node);
 		evsel->evlist = NULL;
-		perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+		evsel__delete(evsel);
 	}
 
 	return found;
@@ -2739,9 +2739,9 @@ static int trace__add_syscall_newtp(struct trace *trace)
 	return ret;
 
 out_delete_sys_exit:
-	perf_evsel__delete_priv(sys_exit);
+	evsel__delete_priv(sys_exit);
 out_delete_sys_enter:
-	perf_evsel__delete_priv(sys_enter);
+	evsel__delete_priv(sys_enter);
 	goto out;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
index 0170e9d2e3298bac0bf19cdd18eefadf42dbbd5e..261e6eaaee99d6394a8a2a3ed6d079f755af29ca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtes
 	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "next_prio", 4, true))
 		ret = -1;
 
-	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+	evsel__delete(evsel);
 
 	evsel = perf_evsel__newtp("sched", "sched_wakeup");
 
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ int test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtes
 	if (perf_evsel__test_field(evsel, "target_cpu", 4, true))
 		ret = -1;
 
-	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+	evsel__delete(evsel);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
index 4bf73896695aece645adef6a769d40ab24eacf6e..001a0e8e699803c2a6c5a88c9322dfcc8b0c2b64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int test__openat_syscall_event_on_all_cpus(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int
 out_close_fd:
 	perf_evsel__close_fd(evsel);
 out_evsel_delete:
-	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+	evsel__delete(evsel);
 out_cpu_map_delete:
 	cpu_map__put(cpus);
 out_thread_map_delete:
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall.c b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall.c
index f3efadd058630af0cbadf992606ae6dedf39a9c2..20e353fbfdd09e0f717007837819f84422c80e1b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int test__openat_syscall_event(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int subtest __m
 out_close_fd:
 	perf_evsel__close_fd(evsel);
 out_evsel_delete:
-	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+	evsel__delete(evsel);
 out_thread_map_delete:
 	thread_map__put(threads);
 	return err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 9fa3663068b48e5514bfdd977d124477da80096a..986d20c15778e18ec051969bb20611539cb0f4ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static void perf_evlist__purge(struct evlist *evlist)
 	evlist__for_each_entry_safe(evlist, n, pos) {
 		list_del_init(&pos->node);
 		pos->evlist = NULL;
-		perf_evsel__delete(pos);
+		evsel__delete(pos);
 	}
 
 	evlist->nr_entries = 0;
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static int perf_evlist__add_attrs(struct evlist *evlist,
 
 out_delete_partial_list:
 	__evlist__for_each_entry_safe(&head, n, evsel)
-		perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+		evsel__delete(evsel);
 	return -1;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 97bee83f0f98fba7808ec6da6710990065acbd7c..de379b63f1ceb136db68b04abd4afe1eefd1c171 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ struct evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(bool precise)
 out:
 	return evsel;
 error_free:
-	perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+	evsel__delete(evsel);
 	evsel = NULL;
 	goto out;
 }
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ void perf_evsel__exit(struct evsel *evsel)
 	perf_evsel__object.fini(evsel);
 }
 
-void perf_evsel__delete(struct evsel *evsel)
+void evsel__delete(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	perf_evsel__exit(evsel);
 	free(evsel);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index af230d92fbefdf182867bceda86b0447647819e9..20b4e31b63a901431beefcd6cf3b76dd234c505c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ struct tep_event *event_format__new(const char *sys, const char *name);
 
 void evsel__init(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_event_attr *attr, int idx);
 void perf_evsel__exit(struct evsel *evsel);
-void perf_evsel__delete(struct evsel *evsel);
+void evsel__delete(struct evsel *evsel);
 
 struct callchain_param;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 6a4bfc7ab0c11de32a2fd8cc72c835d4761ae937..cc63367f6e450647e5054802a5ad40a5eb7646fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static int add_bpf_event(const char *group, const char *event, int fd, struct bp
 			 group, event);
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(evsel, tmp, &new_evsels, node) {
 			list_del_init(&evsel->node);
-			perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+			evsel__delete(evsel);
 		}
 		return err;
 	}
@@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@ static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
 			evsel->attr.exclude_kernel = 1;
 			ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, tmap) >= 0;
 		}
-		perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+		evsel__delete(evsel);
 	}
 
 	thread_map__put(tmap);