diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
index 8719b3cb5646..c2c0500d5da9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ out:
 	return ++printed;
 }
 
-#ifndef PYTHON_PERF
 int sample__fprintf_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample, int left_alignment,
 			      unsigned int print_opts, struct callchain_cursor *cursor,
 			      struct strlist *bt_stop_list, FILE *fp)
@@ -248,4 +247,3 @@ int sample__fprintf_sym(struct perf_sample *sample, struct addr_location *al,
 
 	return printed;
 }
-#endif /* PYTHON_PERF */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
index 122ee198a86e..43b02293f1d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
@@ -230,9 +230,7 @@ void mmap__munmap(struct mmap *map)
 {
 	bitmap_free(map->affinity_mask.bits);
 
-#ifndef PYTHON_PERF
 	zstd_fini(&map->zstd_data);
-#endif
 
 	perf_mmap__aio_munmap(map);
 	if (map->data != NULL) {
@@ -295,12 +293,10 @@ int mmap__mmap(struct mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd, struct perf_cpu
 
 	map->core.flush = mp->flush;
 
-#ifndef PYTHON_PERF
 	if (zstd_init(&map->zstd_data, mp->comp_level)) {
 		pr_debug2("failed to init mmap compressor, error %d\n", errno);
 		return -1;
 	}
-#endif
 
 	if (mp->comp_level && !perf_mmap__aio_enabled(map)) {
 		map->data = mmap(NULL, mmap__mmap_len(map), PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,