evsel->per_pkg = orig->per_pkg;
        evsel->percore = orig->percore;
        evsel->precise_max = orig->precise_max;
-       evsel->use_uncore_alias = orig->use_uncore_alias;
        evsel->is_libpfm_event = orig->is_libpfm_event;
 
        evsel->exclude_GH = orig->exclude_GH;
 
                bool                    per_pkg;
                bool                    percore;
                bool                    precise_max;
-               bool                    use_uncore_alias;
                bool                    is_libpfm_event;
                bool                    auto_merge_stats;
                bool                    collect_stat;
 
 int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
                         struct list_head *list, char *name,
                         struct list_head *head_config,
-                        bool auto_merge_stats,
-                        bool use_alias)
+                        bool auto_merge_stats)
 {
        struct perf_event_attr attr;
        struct perf_pmu_info info;
        struct perf_pmu *pmu;
        struct evsel *evsel;
        struct parse_events_error *err = parse_state->error;
-       bool use_uncore_alias;
        LIST_HEAD(config_terms);
 
        pmu = parse_state->fake_pmu ?: perf_pmu__find(name);
                memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
        }
 
-       use_uncore_alias = (pmu->is_uncore && use_alias);
-
        if (!head_config) {
                attr.type = pmu->type;
                evsel = __add_event(list, &parse_state->idx, &attr,
                                    /*cpu_list=*/NULL);
                if (evsel) {
                        evsel->pmu_name = name ? strdup(name) : NULL;
-                       evsel->use_uncore_alias = use_uncore_alias;
                        return 0;
                } else {
                        return -ENOMEM;
                evsel->use_config_name = true;
 
        evsel->pmu_name = name ? strdup(name) : NULL;
-       evsel->use_uncore_alias = use_uncore_alias;
        evsel->percore = config_term_percore(&evsel->config_terms);
 
        if (parse_state->fake_pmu)
                                parse_events_copy_term_list(head, &orig_head);
                                if (!parse_events_add_pmu(parse_state, list,
                                                          pmu->name, orig_head,
-                                                         true, true)) {
+                                                         /*auto_merge_stats=*/true)) {
                                        pr_debug("%s -> %s/%s/\n", str,
                                                 pmu->name, alias->str);
                                        ok++;
 
        if (parse_state->fake_pmu) {
                if (!parse_events_add_pmu(parse_state, list, str, head,
-                                         true, true)) {
+                                         /*auto_merge_stats=*/true)) {
                        pr_debug("%s -> %s/%s/\n", str, "fake_pmu", str);
                        ok++;
                }
 
 int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
                         struct list_head *list, char *name,
                         struct list_head *head_config,
-                        bool auto_merge_stats,
-                        bool use_alias);
+                        bool auto_merge_stats);
 
 struct evsel *parse_events__add_event(int idx, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
                                      const char *name, const char *metric_id,
 
        list = alloc_list();
        if (!list)
                CLEANUP_YYABORT;
-       if (parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, $1, $2, false, false)) {
+       if (parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, $1, $2, /*auto_merge_stats=*/false)) {
                struct perf_pmu *pmu = NULL;
                int ok = 0;
 
                            !perf_pmu__match(pattern, pmu->alias_name, $1)) {
                                if (parse_events_copy_term_list(orig_terms, &terms))
                                        CLEANUP_YYABORT;
-                               if (!parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, pmu->name, terms, true, false))
+                               if (!parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, pmu->name, terms,
+                                                         /*auto_merge_stats=*/true)) {
                                        ok++;
+                               }
                                parse_events_terms__delete(terms);
                        }
                }
        if (!list)
                YYABORT;
 
-       err = parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, $1, NULL, false, false);
+       err = parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, $1, /*head_config=*/NULL,
+                                  /*auto_merge_stats=*/false);
        free($1);
        if (err < 0) {
                free(list);
        if (!list)
                YYABORT;
 
-       err = parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, $1, $2, false, false);
+       err = parse_events_add_pmu(_parse_state, list, $1, $2, /*auto_merge_stats=*/false);
        free($1);
        parse_events_terms__delete($2);
        if (err < 0) {