diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf.h b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 186a5551ddb9d..0000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
-// Copyright (c) 2021 Facebook
-
-#ifndef __BPERF_STAT_H
-#define __BPERF_STAT_H
-
-typedef struct {
-	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY);
-	__uint(key_size, sizeof(__u32));
-	__uint(value_size, sizeof(struct bpf_perf_event_value));
-	__uint(max_entries, 1);
-} reading_map;
-
-#endif /* __BPERF_STAT_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_follower.bpf.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_follower.bpf.c
index b8fa3cb2da230..6d2ea67b161ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_follower.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_follower.bpf.c
@@ -4,11 +4,21 @@
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
-#include "bperf.h"
 #include "bperf_u.h"
 
-reading_map diff_readings SEC(".maps");
-reading_map accum_readings SEC(".maps");
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY);
+	__uint(key_size, sizeof(__u32));
+	__uint(value_size, sizeof(struct bpf_perf_event_value));
+	__uint(max_entries, 1);
+} diff_readings SEC(".maps");
+
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY);
+	__uint(key_size, sizeof(__u32));
+	__uint(value_size, sizeof(struct bpf_perf_event_value));
+	__uint(max_entries, 1);
+} accum_readings SEC(".maps");
 
 struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_leader.bpf.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_leader.bpf.c
index 4f70d1459e86c..d82e1633a2e0a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_leader.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_leader.bpf.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
-#include "bperf.h"
 
 struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY);
@@ -13,8 +12,19 @@ struct {
 	__uint(map_flags, BPF_F_PRESERVE_ELEMS);
 } events SEC(".maps");
 
-reading_map prev_readings SEC(".maps");
-reading_map diff_readings SEC(".maps");
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY);
+	__uint(key_size, sizeof(__u32));
+	__uint(value_size, sizeof(struct bpf_perf_event_value));
+	__uint(max_entries, 1);
+} prev_readings SEC(".maps");
+
+struct {
+	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY);
+	__uint(key_size, sizeof(__u32));
+	__uint(value_size, sizeof(struct bpf_perf_event_value));
+	__uint(max_entries, 1);
+} diff_readings SEC(".maps");
 
 SEC("raw_tp/sched_switch")
 int BPF_PROG(on_switch)