diff --git a/lib/perf-counter.c b/lib/perf-counter.c
index 0e899995a..8c859cc76 100644
--- a/lib/perf-counter.c
+++ b/lib/perf-counter.c
@@ -27,13 +27,10 @@
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include "dynamic-string.h"
-#include "openvswitch/vlog.h"
 #include "perf-counter.h"
 #include "shash.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(perf_counter);
-
 static struct shash perf_counters;
 static int fd__ = 0;