diff --git a/tools/perf/util/help.c b/tools/perf/util/help.c
index 929c93f..8d74f7d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/help.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/help.c
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "../builtin.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
-#include "levenshtein.h"
 #include "help.h"
-#include <termios.h>
 
 void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, size_t len)
 {
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@
 	cmds->names[cmds->cnt++] = ent;
 }
 
-static void clean_cmdnames(struct cmdnames *cmds)
+void clean_cmdnames(struct cmdnames *cmds)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
@@ -28,14 +26,14 @@
 	cmds->alloc = 0;
 }
 
-static int cmdname_compare(const void *a_, const void *b_)
+int cmdname_compare(const void *a_, const void *b_)
 {
 	struct cmdname *a = *(struct cmdname **)a_;
 	struct cmdname *b = *(struct cmdname **)b_;
 	return strcmp(a->name, b->name);
 }
 
-static void uniq(struct cmdnames *cmds)
+void uniq(struct cmdnames *cmds)
 {
 	unsigned int i, j;
 
@@ -233,102 +231,3 @@
 			return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
-
-static int autocorrect;
-static struct cmdnames aliases;
-
-static int perf_unknown_cmd_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
-{
-	if (!strcmp(var, "help.autocorrect"))
-		autocorrect = perf_config_int(var,value);
-	/* Also use aliases for command lookup */
-	if (!prefixcmp(var, "alias."))
-		add_cmdname(&aliases, var + 6, strlen(var + 6));
-
-	return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
-}
-
-static int levenshtein_compare(const void *p1, const void *p2)
-{
-	const struct cmdname *const *c1 = p1, *const *c2 = p2;
-	const char *s1 = (*c1)->name, *s2 = (*c2)->name;
-	int l1 = (*c1)->len;
-	int l2 = (*c2)->len;
-	return l1 != l2 ? l1 - l2 : strcmp(s1, s2);
-}
-
-static void add_cmd_list(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *old)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	ALLOC_GROW(cmds->names, cmds->cnt + old->cnt, cmds->alloc);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < old->cnt; i++)
-		cmds->names[cmds->cnt++] = old->names[i];
-	zfree(&old->names);
-	old->cnt = 0;
-}
-
-const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
-{
-	unsigned int i, n = 0, best_similarity = 0;
-	struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
-
-	memset(&main_cmds, 0, sizeof(main_cmds));
-	memset(&other_cmds, 0, sizeof(main_cmds));
-	memset(&aliases, 0, sizeof(aliases));
-
-	perf_config(perf_unknown_cmd_config, NULL);
-
-	load_command_list("perf-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
-
-	add_cmd_list(&main_cmds, &aliases);
-	add_cmd_list(&main_cmds, &other_cmds);
-	qsort(main_cmds.names, main_cmds.cnt,
-	      sizeof(main_cmds.names), cmdname_compare);
-	uniq(&main_cmds);
-
-	if (main_cmds.cnt) {
-		/* This reuses cmdname->len for similarity index */
-		for (i = 0; i < main_cmds.cnt; ++i)
-			main_cmds.names[i]->len =
-				levenshtein(cmd, main_cmds.names[i]->name, 0, 2, 1, 4);
-
-		qsort(main_cmds.names, main_cmds.cnt,
-		      sizeof(*main_cmds.names), levenshtein_compare);
-
-		best_similarity = main_cmds.names[0]->len;
-		n = 1;
-		while (n < main_cmds.cnt && best_similarity == main_cmds.names[n]->len)
-			++n;
-	}
-
-	if (autocorrect && n == 1) {
-		const char *assumed = main_cmds.names[0]->name;
-
-		main_cmds.names[0] = NULL;
-		clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
-		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: You called a perf program named '%s', "
-			"which does not exist.\n"
-			"Continuing under the assumption that you meant '%s'\n",
-			cmd, assumed);
-		if (autocorrect > 0) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "in %0.1f seconds automatically...\n",
-				(float)autocorrect/10.0);
-			poll(NULL, 0, autocorrect * 100);
-		}
-		return assumed;
-	}
-
-	fprintf(stderr, "perf: '%s' is not a perf-command. See 'perf --help'.\n", cmd);
-
-	if (main_cmds.cnt && best_similarity < 6) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "\nDid you mean %s?\n",
-			n < 2 ? "this": "one of these");
-
-		for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-			fprintf(stderr, "\t%s\n", main_cmds.names[i]->name);
-	}
-
-	exit(1);
-}