diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc
index e42c8e3be7..c196611044 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 # perf functionality from their tree.
 
 do_compile_perf() {
-	oe_runmake -C ${S}/tools/perf CC="${CC}" LD="${LD}" prefix=${prefix}
+	oe_runmake -C ${S}/tools/perf CC="${CC}" LD="${LD}" prefix=${prefix} NO_NEWT=1 NO_DWARF=1
 }
 
 do_install_perf() {
-	oe_runmake -C ${S}/tools/perf CC="${CC}" LD="${LD}" prefix=${prefix} DESTDIR=${D} install
+	oe_runmake -C ${S}/tools/perf CC="${CC}" LD="${LD}" prefix=${prefix} DESTDIR=${D} install NO_NEWT=1 NO_DWARF=1
 }