diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
index 4dc20be5fb96..5fd48a8d4f10 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
@@ -322,17 +322,11 @@ $(obj)/hbm_edt_kern.o: $(src)/hbm.h $(src)/hbm_kern.h
 
 -include $(BPF_SAMPLES_PATH)/Makefile.target
 
-VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS ?= $(if $(O),$(O)/vmlinux)				\
-		     $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)/vmlinux)	\
-		     ../../../../vmlinux				\
-		     /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux				\
-		     /boot/vmlinux-$(shell uname -r)
+VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS ?= $(abspath $(if $(O),$(O)/vmlinux))				\
+		     $(abspath $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),$(KBUILD_OUTPUT)/vmlinux))	\
+		     $(abspath ./vmlinux)
 VMLINUX_BTF ?= $(abspath $(firstword $(wildcard $(VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS))))
 
-ifeq ($(VMLINUX_BTF),)
-$(error Cannot find a vmlinux for VMLINUX_BTF at any of "$(VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS)")
-endif
-
 $(obj)/vmlinux.h: $(VMLINUX_BTF) $(BPFTOOL)
 ifeq ($(VMLINUX_H),)
 	$(Q)$(BPFTOOL) btf dump file $(VMLINUX_BTF) format c > $@
@@ -340,6 +334,11 @@ else
 	$(Q)cp "$(VMLINUX_H)" $@
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(VMLINUX_BTF),)
+	$(error Cannot find a vmlinux for VMLINUX_BTF at any of "$(VMLINUX_BTF_PATHS)",\
+		build the kernel or set VMLINUX_BTF variable)
+endif
+
 clean-files += vmlinux.h
 
 # Get Clang's default includes on this system, as opposed to those seen by
diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_map_multi.bpf.c b/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_map_multi.bpf.c
index 8f59d430cb64..bb0a5a3bfcf0 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_map_multi.bpf.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_map_multi.bpf.c
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 #include "xdp_sample.bpf.h"
 #include "xdp_sample_shared.h"
 
-enum {
-	BPF_F_BROADCAST		= (1ULL << 3),
-	BPF_F_EXCLUDE_INGRESS	= (1ULL << 4),
-};
-
 struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_DEVMAP_HASH);
 	__uint(key_size, sizeof(int));