diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bbappend b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bbappend
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+# Drop the poky hardknott commit 6bb1621815f41fd09c971a0e26fb4bcd0963ab8a
+#   As the script cannot handle the element MetricName
+
+base_do_configure_prepend () {
+    # Drop the feature for sort pmu-event
+    if [ -e "${S}/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build" ]; then
+        replacement1='$(srctree)/sort-pmuevents.py $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c.new'
+        replacement2='cp $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c.new $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c'
+        sed -i -e "s,$replacement1,,g" "${S}/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build"
+        sed -i -e "s,$replacement2,,g" "${S}/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build"
+    fi
+    # End of drop the feature for sort pmu-event
+}