Using libcap was removed in commit e25ebda78e23 ("perf cap: Tidy up
and improve capability testing"), however, some build documentation
and a use of the NO_LIBCAP=1 were lingering. Remove these left over
bits.

Fixes: e25ebda78e23 ("perf cap: Tidy up and improve capability testing")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 2 --
 tools/perf/tests/make    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index b6edc8100c8e..2a7e5814b159 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 #
 # Define NO_LIBBPF if you do not want BPF support
 #
-# Define NO_LIBCAP if you do not want process capabilities considered by perf
-#
 # Define NO_SDT if you do not want to define SDT event in perf tools,
 # note that it doesn't disable SDT scanning support.
 #
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 767ad9e147a8..0b16c9c81c7f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ make_minimal        += NO_DEMANGLE=1 NO_LIBELF=1 NO_BACKTRACE=1
 make_minimal        += NO_LIBNUMA=1 NO_LIBBIONIC=1 NO_LIBDW=1
 make_minimal        += NO_LIBBPF=1
 make_minimal        += NO_SDT=1 NO_JVMTI=1 NO_LIBZSTD=1
-make_minimal        += NO_LIBCAP=1 NO_CAPSTONE=1
+make_minimal        += NO_CAPSTONE=1
 
 # binutils 2_42 and newer have bfd_thread_init()
 new_libbfd := $(shell echo '#include <bfd.h>' | $(CC) -E -x c - | grep bfd_thread_init)
-- 
2.53.0.rc1.225.gd81095ad13-goog

On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 03:35:39PM -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Using libcap was removed in commit e25ebda78e23 ("perf cap: Tidy up
> and improve capability testing"), however, some build documentation
> and a use of the NO_LIBCAP=1 were lingering. Remove these left over
> bits.

Thanks, applied to perf-tools-next,

- Arnaldo