diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt
index 67e5d0cace85aa..63a0e6f04a0119 100644
--- a/tools/perf/design.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/design.txt
@@ -454,7 +454,6 @@ So to start with, in order to add HAVE_PERF_EVENTS to your Kconfig, you
 will need at least this:
 	- asm/perf_event.h - a basic stub will suffice at first
 	- support for atomic64 types (and associated helper functions)
-	- set_perf_event_pending() implemented
 
 If your architecture does have hardware capabilities, you can override the
 weak stub hw_perf_event_init() to register hardware counters.