diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.c b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.c
index 61ecd8e33a01..f7f3e5b4c180 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.c
@@ -100,12 +100,11 @@ int test__perf_evsel__roundtrip_name_test(struct test *test __maybe_unused, int
 {
 	int err = 0, ret = 0;
 
-	err = perf_evsel__name_array_test(perf_evsel__hw_names);
+	err = perf_evsel__name_array_test(evsel__hw_names);
 	if (err)
 		ret = err;
 
-	err = __perf_evsel__name_array_test(perf_evsel__sw_names,
-					    PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY + 1);
+	err = __perf_evsel__name_array_test(evsel__sw_names, PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY + 1);
 	if (err)
 		ret = err;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 648d034dec0f..320f3a292d35 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ struct evsel *evsel__newtp_idx(const char *sys, const char *name, int idx)
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-const char *perf_evsel__hw_names[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX] = {
+const char *evsel__hw_names[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX] = {
 	"cycles",
 	"instructions",
 	"cache-references",
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ const char *perf_evsel__hw_names[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX] = {
 
 static const char *__evsel__hw_name(u64 config)
 {
-	if (config < PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX && perf_evsel__hw_names[config])
-		return perf_evsel__hw_names[config];
+	if (config < PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX && evsel__hw_names[config])
+		return evsel__hw_names[config];
 
 	return "unknown-hardware";
 }
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static int evsel__hw_name(struct evsel *evsel, char *bf, size_t size)
 	return r + perf_evsel__add_modifiers(evsel, bf + r, size - r);
 }
 
-const char *perf_evsel__sw_names[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX] = {
+const char *evsel__sw_names[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX] = {
 	"cpu-clock",
 	"task-clock",
 	"page-faults",
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ const char *perf_evsel__sw_names[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX] = {
 
 static const char *__evsel__sw_name(u64 config)
 {
-	if (config < PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX && perf_evsel__sw_names[config])
-		return perf_evsel__sw_names[config];
+	if (config < PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX && evsel__sw_names[config])
+		return evsel__sw_names[config];
 	return "unknown-software";
 }
 
@@ -485,8 +485,7 @@ static int evsel__bp_name(struct evsel *evsel, char *bf, size_t size)
 	return r + perf_evsel__add_modifiers(evsel, bf + r, size - r);
 }
 
-const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX]
-				[PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES] = {
+const char *evsel__hw_cache[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX][EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES] = {
  { "L1-dcache",	"l1-d",		"l1d",		"L1-data",		},
  { "L1-icache",	"l1-i",		"l1i",		"L1-instruction",	},
  { "LLC",	"L2",							},
@@ -496,15 +495,13 @@ const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX]
  { "node",								},
 };
 
-const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache_op[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX]
-				   [PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES] = {
+const char *evsel__hw_cache_op[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX][EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES] = {
  { "load",	"loads",	"read",					},
  { "store",	"stores",	"write",				},
  { "prefetch",	"prefetches",	"speculative-read", "speculative-load",	},
 };
 
-const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache_result[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX]
-				       [PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES] = {
+const char *evsel__hw_cache_result[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX][EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES] = {
  { "refs",	"Reference",	"ops",		"access",		},
  { "misses",	"miss",							},
 };
@@ -520,7 +517,7 @@ const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache_result[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX]
  * L1I : Read and prefetch only
  * ITLB and BPU : Read-only
  */
-static unsigned long perf_evsel__hw_cache_stat[C(MAX)] = {
+static unsigned long evsel__hw_cache_stat[C(MAX)] = {
  [C(L1D)]	= (CACHE_READ | CACHE_WRITE | CACHE_PREFETCH),
  [C(L1I)]	= (CACHE_READ | CACHE_PREFETCH),
  [C(LL)]	= (CACHE_READ | CACHE_WRITE | CACHE_PREFETCH),
@@ -532,7 +529,7 @@ static unsigned long perf_evsel__hw_cache_stat[C(MAX)] = {
 
 bool evsel__is_cache_op_valid(u8 type, u8 op)
 {
-	if (perf_evsel__hw_cache_stat[type] & COP(op))
+	if (evsel__hw_cache_stat[type] & COP(op))
 		return true;	/* valid */
 	else
 		return false;	/* invalid */
@@ -541,13 +538,13 @@ bool evsel__is_cache_op_valid(u8 type, u8 op)
 int __evsel__hw_cache_type_op_res_name(u8 type, u8 op, u8 result, char *bf, size_t size)
 {
 	if (result) {
-		return scnprintf(bf, size, "%s-%s-%s", perf_evsel__hw_cache[type][0],
-				 perf_evsel__hw_cache_op[op][0],
-				 perf_evsel__hw_cache_result[result][0]);
+		return scnprintf(bf, size, "%s-%s-%s", evsel__hw_cache[type][0],
+				 evsel__hw_cache_op[op][0],
+				 evsel__hw_cache_result[result][0]);
 	}
 
-	return scnprintf(bf, size, "%s-%s", perf_evsel__hw_cache[type][0],
-			 perf_evsel__hw_cache_op[op][1]);
+	return scnprintf(bf, size, "%s-%s", evsel__hw_cache[type][0],
+			 evsel__hw_cache_op[op][1]);
 }
 
 static int __evsel__hw_cache_name(u64 config, char *bf, size_t size)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index a3707f1beffd..3a1a814a0319 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -198,16 +198,13 @@ void evsel__calc_id_pos(struct evsel *evsel);
 
 bool evsel__is_cache_op_valid(u8 type, u8 op);
 
-#define PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES 8
+#define EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES 8
 
-extern const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX]
-				       [PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];
-extern const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache_op[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX]
-					  [PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];
-extern const char *perf_evsel__hw_cache_result[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX]
-					      [PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];
-extern const char *perf_evsel__hw_names[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX];
-extern const char *perf_evsel__sw_names[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX];
+extern const char *evsel__hw_cache[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX][EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];
+extern const char *evsel__hw_cache_op[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX][EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];
+extern const char *evsel__hw_cache_result[PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX][EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES];
+extern const char *evsel__hw_names[PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX];
+extern const char *evsel__sw_names[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX];
 int __evsel__hw_cache_type_op_res_name(u8 type, u8 op, u8 result, char *bf, size_t size);
 const char *evsel__name(struct evsel *evsel);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 3d5707a45578..df1bf762807f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -399,13 +399,13 @@ static int add_event_tool(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int parse_aliases(char *str, const char *names[][PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES], int size)
+static int parse_aliases(char *str, const char *names[][EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES], int size)
 {
 	int i, j;
 	int n, longest = -1;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-		for (j = 0; j < PERF_EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES && names[i][j]; j++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < EVSEL__MAX_ALIASES && names[i][j]; j++) {
 			n = strlen(names[i][j]);
 			if (n > longest && !strncasecmp(str, names[i][j], n))
 				longest = n;
@@ -444,8 +444,7 @@ int parse_events_add_cache(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	 * No fallback - if we cannot get a clear cache type
 	 * then bail out:
 	 */
-	cache_type = parse_aliases(type, perf_evsel__hw_cache,
-				   PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX);
+	cache_type = parse_aliases(type, evsel__hw_cache, PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX);
 	if (cache_type == -1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -458,7 +457,7 @@ int parse_events_add_cache(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 		n += snprintf(name + n, MAX_NAME_LEN - n, "-%s", str);
 
 		if (cache_op == -1) {
-			cache_op = parse_aliases(str, perf_evsel__hw_cache_op,
+			cache_op = parse_aliases(str, evsel__hw_cache_op,
 						 PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX);
 			if (cache_op >= 0) {
 				if (!evsel__is_cache_op_valid(cache_type, cache_op))
@@ -468,7 +467,7 @@ int parse_events_add_cache(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 		}
 
 		if (cache_result == -1) {
-			cache_result = parse_aliases(str, perf_evsel__hw_cache_result,
+			cache_result = parse_aliases(str, evsel__hw_cache_result,
 						     PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX);
 			if (cache_result >= 0)
 				continue;