diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 7162146280a8..f88b7c8de304 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -5172,12 +5172,8 @@ bpf_object__probe_loading(struct bpf_object *obj)
 		BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
 	};
 	int ret, insn_cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(insns);
-	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_prog_load_opts, opts,
-		.token_fd = obj->token_fd,
-		.prog_flags = obj->token_fd ? BPF_F_TOKEN_FD : 0,
-	);
 
-	if (obj->gen_loader)
+	if (obj->gen_loader || obj->token_fd)
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = bump_rlimit_memlock();
@@ -5186,9 +5182,9 @@ bpf_object__probe_loading(struct bpf_object *obj)
 			errstr(ret));
 
 	/* make sure basic loading works */
-	ret = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, &opts);
+	ret = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		ret = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, &opts);
+		ret = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, NULL);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		ret = errno;
 		pr_warn("Error in %s(): %s. Couldn't load trivial BPF program. Make sure your kernel supports BPF (CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL=y) and/or that RLIMIT_MEMLOCK is set to big enough value.\n",