diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index bdb1ef4fc6ad..e6b60b058257 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -100,30 +100,6 @@
 
 static void print_counters(struct timespec *ts, int argc, const char **argv);
 
-/* Default events used for perf stat -T */
-static const char *transaction_attrs = {
-	"task-clock,"
-	"{"
-	"instructions,"
-	"cycles,"
-	"cpu/cycles-t/,"
-	"cpu/tx-start/,"
-	"cpu/el-start/,"
-	"cpu/cycles-ct/"
-	"}"
-};
-
-/* More limited version when the CPU does not have all events. */
-static const char * transaction_limited_attrs = {
-	"task-clock,"
-	"{"
-	"instructions,"
-	"cycles,"
-	"cpu/cycles-t/,"
-	"cpu/tx-start/"
-	"}"
-};
-
 static const char *smi_cost_attrs = {
 	"{"
 	"msr/aperf/,"
@@ -1811,37 +1787,22 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (transaction_run) {
-		struct parse_events_error errinfo;
 		/* Handle -T as -M transaction. Once platform specific metrics
 		 * support has been added to the json files, all architectures
 		 * will use this approach. To determine transaction support
 		 * on an architecture test for such a metric name.
 		 */
-		if (metricgroup__has_metric("transaction")) {
-			return metricgroup__parse_groups(evsel_list, "transaction",
-							 stat_config.metric_no_group,
-							 stat_config.metric_no_merge,
-							 stat_config.metric_no_threshold,
-							 stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list,
-							 stat_config.system_wide,
-							 &stat_config.metric_events);
-		}
-
-		parse_events_error__init(&errinfo);
-		if (pmu_have_event("cpu", "cycles-ct") &&
-		    pmu_have_event("cpu", "el-start"))
-			err = parse_events(evsel_list, transaction_attrs,
-					   &errinfo);
-		else
-			err = parse_events(evsel_list,
-					   transaction_limited_attrs,
-					   &errinfo);
-		if (err) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "Cannot set up transaction events\n");
-			parse_events_error__print(&errinfo, transaction_attrs);
+		if (!metricgroup__has_metric("transaction")) {
+			pr_err("Missing transaction metrics");
+			return -1;
 		}
-		parse_events_error__exit(&errinfo);
-		return err ? -1 : 0;
+		return metricgroup__parse_groups(evsel_list, "transaction",
+						stat_config.metric_no_group,
+						stat_config.metric_no_merge,
+						stat_config.metric_no_threshold,
+						stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list,
+						stat_config.system_wide,
+						&stat_config.metric_events);
 	}
 
 	if (smi_cost) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index 5189756bf16d..3cfe4b4eb3de 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -235,12 +235,6 @@ void perf_stat__update_shadow_stats(struct evsel *counter, u64 count,
 		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_NSECS, map_idx, count_ns, &rsd);
 	else if (evsel__match(counter, HARDWARE, HW_CPU_CYCLES))
 		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_CYCLES, map_idx, count, &rsd);
-	else if (perf_stat_evsel__is(counter, CYCLES_IN_TX))
-		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_CYCLES_IN_TX, map_idx, count, &rsd);
-	else if (perf_stat_evsel__is(counter, TRANSACTION_START))
-		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_TRANSACTION, map_idx, count, &rsd);
-	else if (perf_stat_evsel__is(counter, ELISION_START))
-		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_ELISION, map_idx, count, &rsd);
 	else if (evsel__match(counter, HARDWARE, HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND))
 		update_runtime_stat(st, STAT_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONT,
 				    map_idx, count, &rsd);
@@ -695,7 +689,7 @@ void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 {
 	void *ctxp = out->ctx;
 	print_metric_t print_metric = out->print_metric;
-	double total, ratio = 0.0, total2;
+	double total, ratio = 0.0;
 	struct runtime_stat_data rsd = {
 		.ctx = evsel_context(evsel),
 		.cgrp = evsel->cgrp,
@@ -808,46 +802,6 @@ void perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 		} else {
 			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "Ghz", 0);
 		}
-	} else if (perf_stat_evsel__is(evsel, CYCLES_IN_TX)) {
-		total = runtime_stat_avg(st, STAT_CYCLES, map_idx, &rsd);
-
-		if (total)
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL,
-					"%7.2f%%", "transactional cycles",
-					100.0 * (avg / total));
-		else
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "transactional cycles",
-				     0);
-	} else if (perf_stat_evsel__is(evsel, CYCLES_IN_TX_CP)) {
-		total = runtime_stat_avg(st, STAT_CYCLES, map_idx, &rsd);
-		total2 = runtime_stat_avg(st, STAT_CYCLES_IN_TX, map_idx, &rsd);
-
-		if (total2 < avg)
-			total2 = avg;
-		if (total)
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, "%7.2f%%", "aborted cycles",
-				100.0 * ((total2-avg) / total));
-		else
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "aborted cycles", 0);
-	} else if (perf_stat_evsel__is(evsel, TRANSACTION_START)) {
-		total = runtime_stat_avg(st, STAT_CYCLES_IN_TX, map_idx, &rsd);
-
-		if (avg)
-			ratio = total / avg;
-
-		if (runtime_stat_n(st, STAT_CYCLES_IN_TX, map_idx, &rsd) != 0)
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, "%8.0f",
-				     "cycles / transaction", ratio);
-		else
-			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, NULL, "cycles / transaction",
-				      0);
-	} else if (perf_stat_evsel__is(evsel, ELISION_START)) {
-		total = runtime_stat_avg(st, STAT_CYCLES_IN_TX, map_idx, &rsd);
-
-		if (avg)
-			ratio = total / avg;
-
-		print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, "%8.0f", "cycles / elision", ratio);
 	} else if (evsel__is_clock(evsel)) {
 		if ((ratio = avg_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats)) != 0)
 			print_metric(config, ctxp, NULL, "%8.3f", "CPUs utilized",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
index 0b8c91ca13cd..b5b18d457254 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ bool __perf_stat_evsel__is(struct evsel *evsel, enum perf_stat_evsel_id id)
 #define ID(id, name) [PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__##id] = #name
 static const char *id_str[PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__MAX] = {
 	ID(NONE,		x),
-	ID(CYCLES_IN_TX,	cpu/cycles-t/),
-	ID(TRANSACTION_START,	cpu/tx-start/),
-	ID(ELISION_START,	cpu/el-start/),
-	ID(CYCLES_IN_TX_CP,	cpu/cycles-ct/),
 	ID(SMI_NUM, msr/smi/),
 	ID(APERF, msr/aperf/),
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 42af350a96d9..c5fe847dd344 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ struct stats {
 
 enum perf_stat_evsel_id {
 	PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__NONE = 0,
-	PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__CYCLES_IN_TX,
-	PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__TRANSACTION_START,
-	PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__ELISION_START,
-	PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__CYCLES_IN_TX_CP,
 	PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__SMI_NUM,
 	PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__APERF,
 	PERF_STAT_EVSEL_ID__MAX,
@@ -92,9 +88,6 @@ enum stat_type {
 	STAT_LL_CACHE,
 	STAT_ITLB_CACHE,
 	STAT_DTLB_CACHE,
-	STAT_CYCLES_IN_TX,
-	STAT_TRANSACTION,
-	STAT_ELISION,
 	STAT_SMI_NUM,
 	STAT_APERF,
 	STAT_MAX
