diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index da2dd92d5b27..c7d111f74553 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -836,13 +836,6 @@ int perf_evlist__prepare_workload(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 		close(go_pipe[1]);
 		fcntl(go_pipe[0], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
 
-		/*
-		 * Do a dummy execvp to get the PLT entry resolved,
-		 * so we avoid the resolver overhead on the real
-		 * execvp call.
-		 */
-		execvp("", (char **)argv);
-
 		/*
 		 * Tell the parent we're ready to go
 		 */