diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index 9ca3bfbb9ac4..f584d1fdfc64 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ $(OUTPUT)_bpftool: $(_OBJS) $(LIBBPF)
 skeleton/profiler.bpf.o: skeleton/profiler.bpf.c $(LIBBPF)
 	$(QUIET_CLANG)$(CLANG) \
 		-I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi/ \
-		-I$(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/include/uapi \
 		-I$(LIBBPF_PATH) -I$(srctree)/tools/lib \
 		-g -O2 -target bpf -c $< -o $@
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/include/uapi/linux/types.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/types.h
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/testing/selftests/bpf/include/uapi/linux/types.h
rename to tools/include/uapi/linux/types.h
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index da4389dde9f7..074a05efd1ca 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ CLANG		?= clang
 LLC		?= llc
 LLVM_OBJCOPY	?= llvm-objcopy
 BPF_GCC		?= $(shell command -v bpf-gcc;)
-CFLAGS += -g -rdynamic -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) -I$(CURDIR) -I$(APIDIR)	\
+CFLAGS += -g -rdynamic -Wall -O2 $(GENFLAGS) -I$(CURDIR)		\
 	  -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(GENDIR) -I$(LIBDIR) -I$(TOOLSINCDIR)	\
+	  -I$(APIDIR)							\
 	  -Dbpf_prog_load=bpf_prog_test_load				\
 	  -Dbpf_load_program=bpf_test_load_program
 LDLIBS += -lcap -lelf -lz -lrt -lpthread
@@ -194,8 +195,8 @@ MENDIAN=$(if $(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN),-mlittle-endian,-mbig-endian)
 
 CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES = $(call get_sys_includes,$(CLANG))
 BPF_CFLAGS = -g -D__TARGET_ARCH_$(SRCARCH) $(MENDIAN) 			\
-	     -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(CURDIR) -I$(CURDIR)/include/uapi	\
-	     -I$(APIDIR) -I$(abspath $(OUTPUT)/../usr/include)
+	     -I$(INCLUDE_DIR) -I$(CURDIR) -I$(APIDIR)			\
+	     -I$(abspath $(OUTPUT)/../usr/include)
 
 CLANG_CFLAGS = $(CLANG_SYS_INCLUDES) \
 	       -Wno-compare-distinct-pointer-types