diff --git a/lib/libpmc/libpmc_pmu_util.c b/lib/libpmc/libpmc_pmu_util.c
--- a/lib/libpmc/libpmc_pmu_util.c
+++ b/lib/libpmc/libpmc_pmu_util.c
@@ -302,8 +302,6 @@
 	event_name = pmu_alias_get(event_name);
 	if ((pe = pmu_event_get(NULL, event_name, NULL)) == NULL)
 		return (DEFAULT_SAMPLE_COUNT);
-	if (pe->alias && (pe = pmu_event_get(NULL, pe->alias, NULL)) == NULL)
-		return (DEFAULT_SAMPLE_COUNT);
 	if (pe->event == NULL)
 		return (DEFAULT_SAMPLE_COUNT);
 	if (pmu_parse_event(&ped, pe->event))
@@ -526,8 +524,6 @@
 	event_name = pmu_alias_get(event_name);
 	if ((pe = pmu_event_get(NULL, event_name, &idx)) == NULL)
 		return (ENOENT);
-	if (pe->alias && (pe = pmu_event_get(NULL, pe->alias, &idx)) == NULL)
-		return (ENOENT);
 	assert(idx >= 0);
 	pm->pm_ev = idx;
 
diff --git a/lib/libpmc/pmu-events/pmu-events.h b/lib/libpmc/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
--- a/lib/libpmc/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
+++ b/lib/libpmc/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 struct pmu_event {
 	const char *name;
-	const char *alias;
 	const char *event;
 	const char *desc;
 	const char *topic;