diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 21f867a543e0..ab208400ea14 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -681,24 +681,6 @@ int machine__process_switch_event(struct machine *machine __maybe_unused,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void dso__adjust_kmod_long_name(struct dso *dso, const char *filename)
-{
-	const char *dup_filename;
-
-	if (!filename || !dso || !dso->long_name)
-		return;
-	if (dso->long_name[0] != '[')
-		return;
-	if (!strchr(filename, '/'))
-		return;
-
-	dup_filename = strdup(filename);
-	if (!dup_filename)
-		return;
-
-	dso__set_long_name(dso, dup_filename, true);
-}
-
 struct map *machine__findnew_module_map(struct machine *machine, u64 start,
 					const char *filename)
 {
@@ -710,15 +692,8 @@ struct map *machine__findnew_module_map(struct machine *machine, u64 start,
 		return NULL;
 
 	map = map_groups__find_by_name(&machine->kmaps, m.name);
-	if (map) {
-		/*
-		 * If the map's dso is an offline module, give dso__load()
-		 * a chance to find the file path of that module by fixing
-		 * long_name.
-		 */
-		dso__adjust_kmod_long_name(map->dso, filename);
+	if (map)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	dso = machine__findnew_module_dso(machine, &m, filename);
 	if (dso == NULL)