--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile  2014-01-21 01:58:25.444339009 +0100
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile  2014-01-21 01:46:58.081780576 +0100
@@ -103,9 +103,6 @@
 test-libperl:
        $(BUILD) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED)
 
-override PYTHON := python
-override PYTHON_CONFIG := python-config
-
 escape-for-shell-sq =  $(subst ','\'',$(1))
 shell-sq = '$(escape-for-shell-sq)'