diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 933d70345f87..ec4c063ed9f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ clean: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean config-clean
 	$(Q)$(RM) .config-detected
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-progs) $(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) perf perf-read-vdso32 perf-read-vdsox32
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen)   $(RM)  *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope* $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)PERF-FEATURES $(OUTPUT)util/*-bison* $(OUTPUT)util/*-flex*
-	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, feature-detect) $(RM) $(OUTPUT)config/feature-checks/.make-*.output
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)Documentation $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) clean
 	$(python-clean)
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index b799649ab0e7..45f61253ccce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ endif
 
 feature_check = $(eval $(feature_check_code))
 define feature_check_code
-  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-$(1))" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-$(1))" -C config/feature-checks test-$1.bin > $(OUTPUT)config/feature-checks/.make-$(1).output 2>&1 && echo 1 || echo 0)
+  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-$(1))" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-$(1))" -C config/feature-checks test-$1.bin >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
 endef
 
 feature_set = $(eval $(feature_set_code))
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index b6e2e312ba54..0d694a94cda2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ PKG_CONFIG := $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
 
 all: $(FILES)
 
-BUILD = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Werror -o $(OUTPUT)$@ $(patsubst %.bin,%.c,$@) $(LDFLAGS)
+__BUILD = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Werror -o $(OUTPUT)$@ $(patsubst %.bin,%.c,$@) $(LDFLAGS)
+  BUILD = $(__BUILD) > $(OUTPUT)$(@:.bin=.make.output) 2>&1
 
 ###############################
 
@@ -156,4 +157,4 @@ test-zlib.bin:
 ###############################
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(FILES) *.d
+	rm -f $(FILES) *.d $(FILES:.bin=.make.output)