diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c5eb7ab0e..1bb6e3de0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ linux-tools (4.0.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     to 4.0 (Closes: #778588)
   * debian/control: Add gcc-multilib to Build-Depends in order to build
     perf-read-vdso{,x}32
-  * linux-tools: Add version suffix to the new perf-read-vdso{,x}32
-    commands
   * linux-tools: Set ARCH=x86 when building perf for amd64, i386 or x32
   * linux-kbuild: Include Makefile.kasan (Closes: #783681)
   * linux-kbuild: Enable Large File Support (Closes: #778942)
diff --git a/debian/patches/tools-perf-version.patch b/debian/patches/tools-perf-version.patch
index 7ff342e1b..317208f3a 100644
--- a/debian/patches/tools-perf-version.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/tools-perf-version.patch
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ Forwarded: no
 
 [bwh: Fix version insertion in perf man page cross-references and perf
 man page title.  Install bash_completion script for perf with a
-version-dependent name.  And do the same for trace.  And the same for
-perf-read-vdso{,x}32.]
+version-dependent name.  And do the same for trace.]
 
 --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
 +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
-@@ -923,15 +923,15 @@ install-gtk:
+@@ -923,8 +923,8 @@ install-gtk:
  install-bin: all install-gtk
  	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, binaries) \
  		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)'; \
@@ -20,16 +19,7 @@ perf-read-vdso{,x}32.]
 +		$(LN) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)/perf_$(VERSION)' '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)/trace_$(VERSION)'
  ifndef NO_PERF_READ_VDSO32
  	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, perf-read-vdso32) \
--		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf-read-vdso32 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)';
-+		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf-read-vdso32 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)/perf-read-vdso32_$(VERSION)';
- endif
- ifndef NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX32
- 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, perf-read-vdsox32) \
--		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf-read-vdsox32 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)';
-+		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf-read-vdsox32 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)/perf-read-vdsox32_$(VERSION)';
- endif
- 	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, libexec) \
- 		$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)'
+ 		$(INSTALL) $(OUTPUT)perf-read-vdso32 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(bindir_SQ)';
 @@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ ifndef NO_LIBPYTHON
  endif
  	$(call QUIET_INSTALL, perf_completion-script) \
@@ -73,29 +63,3 @@ perf-read-vdso{,x}32.]
  
  install-man: check-man-tools man
  
---- a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
-+++ b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
-@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
-  */
- #include "find-vdso-map.c"
- 
-+#include "PERF-VERSION-FILE"
-+
- #define VDSO__TEMP_FILE_NAME "/tmp/perf-vdso.so-XXXXXX"
- 
- struct vdso_file {
-@@ -51,12 +53,12 @@ static struct vdso_info *vdso_info__new(
- 		.vdso32  = {
- 			.temp_file_name = VDSO__TEMP_FILE_NAME,
- 			.dso_name = DSO__NAME_VDSO32,
--			.read_prog = "perf-read-vdso32",
-+			.read_prog = "perf-read-vdso32_" PERF_VERSION,
- 		},
- 		.vdsox32  = {
- 			.temp_file_name = VDSO__TEMP_FILE_NAME,
- 			.dso_name = DSO__NAME_VDSOX32,
--			.read_prog = "perf-read-vdsox32",
-+			.read_prog = "perf-read-vdsox32_" PERF_VERSION,
- 		},
- #endif
- 	};