diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 7ebf87ed..aca530eb 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ perf-x86_64:
 	mkdir -p bin/x86_64
 	cp linux_perf/tools/perf/perf bin/x86_64/
 	strip --strip-unneeded bin/x86_64/perf
-	upx --best bin/x86_64/perf || true
 
 perf-aarch64:
 ifeq ("$(wildcard perf-aarch64)","")
@@ -288,7 +287,6 @@ endif
 	mkdir -p bin/aarch64
 	cp linux_perf-aarch64/tools/perf/perf bin/aarch64/
 	aarch64-linux-gnu-strip --strip-unneeded bin/aarch64/perf
-	upx --best bin/aarch64/perf || true
 
 perf: perf-x86_64 perf-aarch64
 	@echo "Perf tools built successfully in bin/x86_64 and bin/aarch64 directories."