diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index da0b13e819ee..0959714a89ed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -760,10 +760,6 @@ ifndef NO_LIBCRYPTO
   endif
 endif
 
-ifdef NO_NEWT
-  NO_SLANG=1
-endif
-
 ifndef NO_SLANG
   ifneq ($(feature-libslang), 1)
     ifneq ($(feature-libslang-include-subdir), 1)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 3e06915f6bd0..dc9dda09b076 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ include ../scripts/utilities.mak
 #
 # Define WERROR=0 to disable treating any warnings as errors.
 #
-# Define NO_NEWT if you do not want TUI support. (deprecated)
-#
 # Define NO_SLANG if you do not want TUI support.
 #
 # Define GTK2 if you want GTK+ GUI support.
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 55d0ef3a0cae..0b92fa1863f6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ make_nondistro      := BUILD_NONDISTRO=1
 make_no_libperl     := NO_LIBPERL=1
 make_no_libpython   := NO_LIBPYTHON=1
 make_no_scripts     := NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_LIBPERL=1
-make_no_newt        := NO_NEWT=1
 make_no_slang       := NO_SLANG=1
 make_no_gtk2        := NO_GTK2=1
-make_no_ui          := NO_NEWT=1 NO_SLANG=1 NO_GTK2=1
+make_no_ui          := NO_SLANG=1 NO_GTK2=1
 make_no_demangle    := NO_DEMANGLE=1
 make_no_libelf      := NO_LIBELF=1
 make_no_libunwind   := NO_LIBUNWIND=1
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ make_install_prefix_slash := install prefix=/tmp/krava/
 make_static         := LDFLAGS=-static NO_PERF_READ_VDSO32=1 NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX32=1 NO_JVMTI=1 NO_LIBTRACEEVENT=1
 
 # all the NO_* variable combined
-make_minimal        := NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_NEWT=1 NO_GTK2=1
+make_minimal        := NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_GTK2=1
 make_minimal        += NO_DEMANGLE=1 NO_LIBELF=1 NO_LIBUNWIND=1 NO_BACKTRACE=1
 make_minimal        += NO_LIBNUMA=1 NO_LIBAUDIT=1 NO_LIBBIONIC=1
 make_minimal        += NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1 NO_AUXTRACE=1 NO_LIBBPF=1
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ run += make_nondistro
 run += make_no_libperl
 run += make_no_libpython
 run += make_no_scripts
-run += make_no_newt
 run += make_no_slang
 run += make_no_gtk2
 run += make_no_ui