diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-utils.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-utils.h
index e76c9acb92cd5ab693ee70bc7851fffd237a4a4e..d1dc2170e4023dbf8cfec33b386bcecd15972035 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-utils.h
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-utils.h
@@ -23,18 +23,14 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 /* Can be overridden */
-void die(const char *fmt, ...);
-void *malloc_or_die(unsigned int size);
 void warning(const char *fmt, ...);
 void pr_stat(const char *fmt, ...);
 void vpr_stat(const char *fmt, va_list ap);
 
 /* Always available */
-void __die(const char *fmt, ...);
 void __warning(const char *fmt, ...);
 void __pr_stat(const char *fmt, ...);
 
-void __vdie(const char *fmt, ...);
 void __vwarning(const char *fmt, ...);
 void __vpr_stat(const char *fmt, ...);
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c
index bba701cf10e6e28bf2efde0f2089c37131d88d01..eda07fa31dca1058a72989669e1cc99bc5958ab3 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-utils.c
@@ -25,40 +25,6 @@
 
 #define __weak __attribute__((weak))
 
-void __vdie(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
-{
-	int ret = errno;
-
-	if (errno)
-		perror("trace-cmd");
-	else
-		ret = -1;
-
-	fprintf(stderr, "  ");
-	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
-
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	exit(ret);
-}
-
-void __die(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	__vdie(fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-}
-
-void __weak die(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	__vdie(fmt, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-}
-
 void __vwarning(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
 	if (errno)
@@ -117,13 +83,3 @@ void __weak pr_stat(const char *fmt, ...)
 	__vpr_stat(fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 }
-
-void __weak *malloc_or_die(unsigned int size)
-{
-	void *data;
-
-	data = malloc(size);
-	if (!data)
-		die("malloc");
-	return data;
-}