const struct perf_evsel_str_handler *assocs,
                                             size_t nr_assocs)
 {
-       struct perf_evlist *evlist = session->evlist;
-       struct event_format *format;
        struct perf_evsel *evsel;
-       char *tracepoint, *name;
        size_t i;
        int err;
 
        for (i = 0; i < nr_assocs; i++) {
-               err = -ENOMEM;
-               tracepoint = strdup(assocs[i].name);
-               if (tracepoint == NULL)
-                       goto out;
-
-               err = -ENOENT;
-               name = strchr(tracepoint, ':');
-               if (name == NULL)
-                       goto out_free;
-
-               *name++ = '\0';
-               format = pevent_find_event_by_name(session->pevent,
-                                                  tracepoint, name);
-               if (format == NULL) {
-                       /*
-                        * Adding a handler for an event not in the session,
-                        * just ignore it.
-                        */
-                       goto next;
-               }
-
-               evsel = perf_evlist__find_tracepoint_by_id(evlist, format->id);
+               /*
+                * Adding a handler for an event not in the session,
+                * just ignore it.
+                */
+               evsel = perf_evlist__find_tracepoint_by_name(session->evlist, assocs[i].name);
                if (evsel == NULL)
-                       goto next;
+                       continue;
 
                err = -EEXIST;
                if (evsel->handler.func != NULL)
-                       goto out_free;
+                       goto out;
                evsel->handler.func = assocs[i].handler;
-next:
-               free(tracepoint);
        }
 
        err = 0;
 out:
        return err;
-
-out_free:
-       free(tracepoint);
-       goto out;
 }