diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
index 7349b16b8e2f..d37c4fe2849d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
@@ -160,18 +160,6 @@ bpf_tail_call_static(void *ctx, const void *map, const __u32 slot)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Helper structure used by eBPF C program
- * to describe BPF map attributes to libbpf loader
- */
-struct bpf_map_def {
-	unsigned int type;
-	unsigned int key_size;
-	unsigned int value_size;
-	unsigned int max_entries;
-	unsigned int map_flags;
-} __attribute__((deprecated("use BTF-defined maps in .maps section")));
-
 enum libbpf_pin_type {
 	LIBBPF_PIN_NONE,
 	/* PIN_BY_NAME: pin maps by name (in /sys/fs/bpf by default) */