diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/common.h b/tools/perf/arch/common.h
index c298a446d1f6..e965ed8bb328 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/common.h
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/common.h
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 #ifndef ARCH_PERF_COMMON_H
 #define ARCH_PERF_COMMON_H
 
-#include "../util/env.h"
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+struct perf_env;
 
 int perf_env__lookup_objdump(struct perf_env *env, const char **path);
 bool perf_env__single_address_space(struct perf_env *env);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/mem2node.c b/tools/perf/tests/mem2node.c
index 73b2855acaf4..7672ade70f20 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/mem2node.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/mem2node.c
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "env.h"
 #include "mem2node.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cputopo.h b/tools/perf/util/cputopo.h
index bae2f1d41856..7bf6b811f715 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cputopo.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cputopo.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #define __PERF_CPUTOPO_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include "env.h"
 
 struct cpu_topology {
 	u32	  core_sib;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem2node.c b/tools/perf/util/mem2node.c
index 14fb9e72aeeb..797d86a1ab09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem2node.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem2node.c
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "env.h"
 #include "mem2node.h"
 
 struct phys_entry {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem2node.h b/tools/perf/util/mem2node.h
index 59c4752a2181..8dfa2b58d0cd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem2node.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem2node.h
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 #define __MEM2NODE_H
 
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
-#include "env.h"
+#include <linux/types.h>
 
+struct perf_env;
 struct phys_entry;
 
 struct mem2node {