diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
index 14131cb0522..04d959fa022 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ CFLAGS ?= -g -Wall
 
 # Append required CFLAGS
 override CFLAGS += $(CONFIG_FLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(PLUGIN_DIR_SQ)
-override CFLAGS += $(udis86-flags)
+override CFLAGS += $(udis86-flags) -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
 ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
   Q =
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 2c54cdd8ae1..77ebeb8266f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
  *  Frederic Weisbecker gave his permission to relicense the code to
  *  the Lesser General Public License.
  */
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>