diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index ecca62e27b28..1f5243c1c477 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -904,7 +904,6 @@ const struct option record_options[] = {
 int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
-	struct perf_evsel *pos;
 	struct perf_evlist *evsel_list;
 	struct perf_record *rec = &record;
 	char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
@@ -968,11 +967,6 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	if (perf_evlist__create_maps(evsel_list, &rec->opts.target) < 0)
 		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
 
-	list_for_each_entry(pos, &evsel_list->entries, node) {
-		if (perf_header__push_event(pos->attr.config, perf_evsel__name(pos)))
-			goto out_free_fd;
-	}
-
 	if (rec->opts.user_interval != ULLONG_MAX)
 		rec->opts.default_interval = rec->opts.user_interval;
 	if (rec->opts.user_freq != UINT_MAX)