diff --git a/rtc_base/BUILD.gn b/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
index e772028b9a..becbcb0913 100644
--- a/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
+++ b/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ rtc_library("event_tracer") {
   sources = [
     "event_tracer.cc",
     "event_tracer.h",
+    "trace_categories.cc",
+    "trace_categories.h",
     "trace_event.h",
   ]
   deps = [
@@ -203,12 +205,6 @@ rtc_library("event_tracer") {
     "system:rtc_export",
     "//third_party/abseil-cpp/absl/strings:string_view",
   ]
-  if (rtc_use_perfetto) {
-    sources += [
-      "trace_categories.cc",
-      "trace_categories.h",
-    ]
-  }
 }
 
 rtc_library("histogram_percentile_counter") {
diff --git a/rtc_base/trace_categories.cc b/rtc_base/trace_categories.cc
index 2fe63e282d..d906f30b26 100644
--- a/rtc_base/trace_categories.cc
+++ b/rtc_base/trace_categories.cc
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@
 
 #include "rtc_base/trace_categories.h"
 
+#if defined(RTC_USE_PERFETTO)
+
 PERFETTO_TRACK_EVENT_STATIC_STORAGE_IN_NAMESPACE_WITH_ATTRS(webrtc, RTC_EXPORT);
+
+#endif  // RTC_USE_PERFETTO
diff --git a/rtc_base/trace_categories.h b/rtc_base/trace_categories.h
index e355bbbbbe..ef4070ca07 100644
--- a/rtc_base/trace_categories.h
+++ b/rtc_base/trace_categories.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #ifndef RTC_BASE_TRACE_CATEGORIES_H_
 #define RTC_BASE_TRACE_CATEGORIES_H_
 
+#if defined(RTC_USE_PERFETTO)
+
 #define PERFETTO_ENABLE_LEGACY_TRACE_EVENTS 1
 
 #include "rtc_base/system/rtc_export.h"
@@ -30,4 +32,6 @@ PERFETTO_DEFINE_CATEGORIES_IN_NAMESPACE_WITH_ATTRS(
 
 PERFETTO_USE_CATEGORIES_FROM_NAMESPACE(webrtc);
 
+#endif  // RTC_USE_PERFETTO
+
 #endif  // RTC_BASE_TRACE_CATEGORIES_H_