diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index db76d7d10749435a0a7e067fff9a8097200727e4..62e97faa90f0efd9f99af8ccf9a7de92eff909dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -119,9 +119,6 @@ static int num_subtests(const struct test_suite *t)
 {
 	int num;
 
-	if (t->subtest.get_nr)
-		return t->subtest.get_nr();
-
 	if (!t->test_cases)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -134,14 +131,11 @@ static int num_subtests(const struct test_suite *t)
 
 static bool has_subtests(const struct test_suite *t)
 {
-	return t->subtest.get_nr || num_subtests(t) > 1;
+	return num_subtests(t) > 1;
 }
 
 static const char *skip_reason(const struct test_suite *t, int subtest)
 {
-	if (t->subtest.skip_reason)
-		return t->subtest.skip_reason(subtest);
-
 	if (t->test_cases && subtest >= 0)
 		return t->test_cases[subtest].skip_reason;
 
@@ -153,9 +147,6 @@ static const char *test_description(const struct test_suite *t, int subtest)
 	if (t->test_cases && subtest >= 0)
 		return t->test_cases[subtest].desc;
 
-	if (t->subtest.get_desc && subtest >= 0)
-		return t->subtest.get_desc(subtest);
-
 	return t->desc;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index f87129b63d9236854298f9bd4eb47cd05893cf44..9bf448f7429a898a3b451d111cbd5103a8c300c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ struct test_suite {
 	test_fnptr func;
 	struct {
 		bool skip_if_fail;
-		int (*get_nr)(void);
-		const char *(*get_desc)(int subtest);
-		const char *(*skip_reason)(int subtest);
 	} subtest;
 	struct test_case *test_cases;
 	bool (*is_supported)(void);