diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore b/tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore
index 8a81b3679d2b909613ff1a5a8d0a381846b8b67d..5d4cfac671d5402924b1b203b74f6f43ea7ed3ab 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 libbpf_version.h
 libbpf.pc
-FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf
 libbpf.so.*
 TAGS
 tags
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
index 55bd78b3496fb4da53f64b06192deb8ce09114d4..887a494ad5fca0215cf29af0ab8af504162b6dc9 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
@@ -58,28 +58,7 @@ ifndef VERBOSE
   VERBOSE = 0
 endif
 
-FEATURE_USER = .libbpf
-FEATURE_TESTS = libelf zlib bpf
-FEATURE_DISPLAY = libelf zlib bpf
-
 INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srctree)/tools/include -I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi
-FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-bpf = $(INCLUDES)
-
-check_feat := 1
-NON_CHECK_FEAT_TARGETS := clean TAGS tags cscope help
-ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
-ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CHECK_FEAT_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-  check_feat := 0
-endif
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(check_feat),1)
-ifeq ($(FEATURES_DUMP),)
-include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.feature
-else
-include $(FEATURES_DUMP)
-endif
-endif
 
 export prefix libdir src obj
 
@@ -157,7 +136,7 @@ all: fixdep
 
 all_cmd: $(CMD_TARGETS) check
 
-$(BPF_IN_SHARED): force elfdep zdep bpfdep $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS)
+$(BPF_IN_SHARED): force $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS)
 	@(test -f ../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h -a -f ../../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h && ( \
 	(diff -B ../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h ../../../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h >/dev/null) || \
 	echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/bpf.h'" >&2 )) || true
@@ -175,7 +154,7 @@ $(BPF_IN_SHARED): force elfdep zdep bpfdep $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS)
 	echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h'" >&2 )) || true
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=libbpf OUTPUT=$(SHARED_OBJDIR) CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(SHLIB_FLAGS)"
 
-$(BPF_IN_STATIC): force elfdep zdep bpfdep $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS)
+$(BPF_IN_STATIC): force $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=libbpf OUTPUT=$(STATIC_OBJDIR)
 
 $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS): $(srctree)/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -264,34 +243,16 @@ install_pkgconfig: $(PC_FILE)
 
 install: install_lib install_pkgconfig install_headers
 
-### Cleaning rules
-
-config-clean:
-	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, feature-detect)
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build/feature/ clean >/dev/null
-
-clean: config-clean
+clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf) $(RM) -rf $(CMD_TARGETS)		     \
 		*~ .*.d .*.cmd LIBBPF-CFLAGS $(BPF_HELPER_DEFS)		     \
 		$(SHARED_OBJDIR) $(STATIC_OBJDIR)			     \
 		$(addprefix $(OUTPUT),					     \
 			    *.o *.a *.so *.so.$(LIBBPF_MAJOR_VERSION) *.pc)
-	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen) $(RM) $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP.libbpf
-
-
 
-PHONY += force elfdep zdep bpfdep cscope tags
+PHONY += force cscope tags
 force:
 
-elfdep:
-	@if [ "$(feature-libelf)" != "1" ]; then echo "No libelf found"; exit 1 ; fi
-
-zdep:
-	@if [ "$(feature-zlib)" != "1" ]; then echo "No zlib found"; exit 1 ; fi
-
-bpfdep:
-	@if [ "$(feature-bpf)" != "1" ]; then echo "BPF API too old"; exit 1 ; fi
-
 cscope:
 	ls *.c *.h > cscope.files
 	cscope -b -q -I $(srctree)/include -f cscope.out