diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index c1daf4d57518c..3b218fd068b0e 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=                  \
         get_current_dir_name            \
         gettid				\
         glibc                           \
-        gtk2                            \
-        gtk2-infobar                    \
         libbfd                          \
         libcap                          \
         libelf                          \
@@ -81,6 +79,8 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_EXTRA :=                  \
          compile-32                     \
          compile-x32                    \
          cplus-demangle                 \
+         gtk2                           \
+         gtk2-infobar                   \
          hello                          \
          libbabeltrace                  \
          libbfd-liberty                 \
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ FEATURE_DISPLAY ?=              \
          dwarf                  \
          dwarf_getlocations     \
          glibc                  \
-         gtk2                   \
          libbfd                 \
          libcap                 \
          libelf                 \
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index d220fe9527470..9ee2bcb8d560a 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ __BUILDXX = $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -MD -Wall -Werror -o $@ $(patsubst %.bin,%.cpp,$(
 ###############################
 
 $(OUTPUT)test-all.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -fstack-protector-all -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma -lelf -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl -lz -llzma
+	$(BUILD) -fstack-protector-all -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma -lelf -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl -lz -llzma
 
 $(OUTPUT)test-hello.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
index 5479e543b1947..d2623992ccd61 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-all.c
@@ -78,14 +78,6 @@
 # include "test-libslang.c"
 #undef main
 
-#define main main_test_gtk2
-# include "test-gtk2.c"
-#undef main
-
-#define main main_test_gtk2_infobar
-# include "test-gtk2-infobar.c"
-#undef main
-
 #define main main_test_libbfd
 # include "test-libbfd.c"
 #undef main
@@ -205,8 +197,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_libelf_getshdrstrndx();
 	main_test_libunwind();
 	main_test_libslang();
-	main_test_gtk2(argc, argv);
-	main_test_gtk2_infobar(argc, argv);
 	main_test_libbfd();
 	main_test_backtrace();
 	main_test_libnuma();
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 190be4fa5c218..2d6690b308564 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -724,12 +724,14 @@ ifndef NO_SLANG
   endif
 endif
 
-ifndef NO_GTK2
+ifdef GTK2
   FLAGS_GTK2=$(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null)
+  $(call feature_check,gtk2)
   ifneq ($(feature-gtk2), 1)
     msg := $(warning GTK2 not found, disables GTK2 support. Please install gtk2-devel or libgtk2.0-dev);
     NO_GTK2 := 1
   else
+    $(call feature_check,gtk2-infobar)
     ifeq ($(feature-gtk2-infobar), 1)
       GTK_CFLAGS := -DHAVE_GTK_INFO_BAR_SUPPORT
     endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 6031167939ae6..515e6ed635f1a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 #
 # Define NO_SLANG if you do not want TUI support.
 #
-# Define NO_GTK2 if you do not want GTK+ GUI support.
+# Define GTK2 if you want GTK+ GUI support.
 #
 # Define NO_DEMANGLE if you do not want C++ symbol demangling.
 #
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
   CFLAGS += -I$(OUTPUT)
 endif
 
-ifndef NO_GTK2
+ifdef GTK2
   ALL_PROGRAMS += $(OUTPUT)libperf-gtk.so
   GTK_IN := $(OUTPUT)gtk-in.o
 endif
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ check: $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h
 
 ### Installation rules
 
-ifndef NO_GTK2
+ifdef GTK2
 install-gtk: $(OUTPUT)libperf-gtk.so
 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, 'GTK UI') \
 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(libdir_SQ)'; \
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-version.c b/tools/perf/builtin-version.c
index 05cf2af9e2c27..d09ec2f030719 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-version.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-version.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ static void library_status(void)
 	STATUS(HAVE_DWARF_SUPPORT, dwarf);
 	STATUS(HAVE_DWARF_GETLOCATIONS_SUPPORT, dwarf_getlocations);
 	STATUS(HAVE_GLIBC_SUPPORT, glibc);
-	STATUS(HAVE_GTK2_SUPPORT, gtk2);
 #ifndef HAVE_SYSCALL_TABLE_SUPPORT
 	STATUS(HAVE_LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT, libaudit);
 #endif