1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 43e3bb354442..93d765a746f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -464,14 +464,11 @@ static int __cmd_annotate(void)
 {
         struct perf_session *session = perf_session__new(input_name, O_RDONLY,
                                                          force);
-        struct thread *idle;
         int ret;
 
         if (session == NULL)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        idle = register_idle_thread();
-
         ret = perf_session__process_events(session, &event_ops, 0,
                                            &event__cwdlen, &event__cwd);
         if (ret)