diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 0294bfb6c5f8..153036bbed7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ ifeq ($(SRCARCH),x86)
   ifeq (${IS_64_BIT}, 1)
     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ARCH_X86_64_SUPPORT -DHAVE_SYSCALL_TABLE -I$(OUTPUT)arch/x86/include/generated
     ARCH_INCLUDE = ../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S ../../arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
-    LIBUNWIND_LIBS = -lunwind-x86_64 -lunwind -llzma
+    LIBUNWIND_LIBS = -lunwind-x86_64 -lunwind
     $(call detected,CONFIG_X86_64)
   else
     LIBUNWIND_LIBS = -lunwind-x86 -llzma -lunwind