diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 3cb40965549f..e004178472d9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef _PERF_PERF_H
 #define _PERF_PERF_H
 
-#ifndef MAX_NR_CPUS
 #define MAX_NR_CPUS			4096
-#endif
 
 enum perf_affinity {
 	PERF_AFFINITY_SYS = 0,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/kwork_top.bpf.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/kwork_top.bpf.c
index 73e32e063030..6673386302e2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/kwork_top.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/kwork_top.bpf.c
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ enum kwork_class_type {
 };
 
 #define MAX_ENTRIES     102400
-#ifndef MAX_NR_CPUS
 #define MAX_NR_CPUS     4096
-#endif
 #define PF_KTHREAD      0x00200000
 #define MAX_COMMAND_LEN 16