diff --git a/mk/exec-env/bsdapp/rte.vars.mk b/mk/exec-env/bsdapp/rte.vars.mk
index fef9579..aed0e18 100644
--- a/mk/exec-env/bsdapp/rte.vars.mk
+++ b/mk/exec-env/bsdapp/rte.vars.mk
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #   - define EXECENV_ASFLAGS variable (overriden by cmdline)
 #   - may override any previously defined variable
 #
-# examples for RTE_EXEC_ENV: linuxapp, baremetal
+# examples for RTE_EXEC_ENV: linuxapp, bsdapp
 #
 ifeq ($(RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB),y)
 EXECENV_CFLAGS  = -pthread -fPIC
diff --git a/mk/exec-env/linuxapp/rte.vars.mk b/mk/exec-env/linuxapp/rte.vars.mk
index d4808c2..afcefa6 100644
--- a/mk/exec-env/linuxapp/rte.vars.mk
+++ b/mk/exec-env/linuxapp/rte.vars.mk
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #   - define EXECENV_ASFLAGS variable (overriden by cmdline)
 #   - may override any previously defined variable
 #
-# examples for RTE_EXEC_ENV: linuxapp, baremetal
+# examples for RTE_EXEC_ENV: linuxapp, bsdapp
 #
 ifeq ($(RTE_BUILD_SHARED_LIB),y)
 EXECENV_CFLAGS  = -pthread -fPIC
diff --git a/mk/rte.app.mk b/mk/rte.app.mk
index 34dff2a..76f2fd3 100644
--- a/mk/rte.app.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.app.mk
@@ -149,15 +149,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_RING),y)
 LDLIBS += -lrte_ring
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBC),y)
-LDLIBS += -lc
-LDLIBS += -lm
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBGLOSS),y)
-LDLIBS += -lgloss
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EAL),y)
 LDLIBS += -lrte_eal
 endif
diff --git a/mk/rte.sdkroot.mk b/mk/rte.sdkroot.mk
index f7eab1d..e8423b0 100644
--- a/mk/rte.sdkroot.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.sdkroot.mk
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export BUILDING_RTE_SDK
 
 #
 # We can specify the configuration template when doing the "make
-# config". For instance: make config T=i686-native-baremetal-gcc
+# config". For instance: make config T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
 #
 RTE_CONFIG_TEMPLATE :=
 ifdef T
diff --git a/mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk b/mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk
index 6020f20..53650c3 100644
--- a/mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk
+++ b/mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/toolchain/$(RTE_TOOLCHAIN)/rte.vars.mk
 #   - define EXECENV_ASFLAGS variable (overriden by cmdline)
 #   - may override any previously defined variable
 #
-# examples for RTE_EXEC_ENV: linuxapp, baremetal
+# examples for RTE_EXEC_ENV: linuxapp, bsdapp
 #
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/exec-env/$(RTE_EXEC_ENV)/rte.vars.mk
 
diff --git a/mk/toolchain/gcc/rte.vars.mk b/mk/toolchain/gcc/rte.vars.mk
index 262ebdf..fac5697 100644
--- a/mk/toolchain/gcc/rte.vars.mk
+++ b/mk/toolchain/gcc/rte.vars.mk
@@ -74,11 +74,7 @@ WERROR_FLAGS := -W -Wall -Werror -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes
 WERROR_FLAGS += -Wmissing-declarations -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith
 WERROR_FLAGS += -Wcast-align -Wnested-externs -Wcast-qual
 WERROR_FLAGS += -Wformat-nonliteral -Wformat-security
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV),"linuxapp")
-# These trigger warnings in newlib, so can't be used for baremetal
 WERROR_FLAGS += -Wundef -Wwrite-strings
-endif
 
 # process cpu flags
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/toolchain/$(RTE_TOOLCHAIN)/rte.toolchain-compat.mk
diff --git a/mk/toolchain/icc/rte.vars.mk b/mk/toolchain/icc/rte.vars.mk
index 612370d..807134a 100644
--- a/mk/toolchain/icc/rte.vars.mk
+++ b/mk/toolchain/icc/rte.vars.mk
@@ -70,22 +70,7 @@ TOOLCHAIN_ASFLAGS =
 #   Remark #271   : trailing comma is nonstandard
 #   Warning #1478 : function "<func_name>" (declared at line N of "<filename>")
 #                   was declared "deprecated"
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV),"linuxapp")
 WERROR_FLAGS := -Wall -Werror-all -w2 -diag-disable 271 -diag-warning 1478
-else
-
-# Turn off some ICC warnings -
-#   Remark #193   : zero used for undefined preprocessing identifier
-#                  (needed for newlib)
-#   Remark #271   : trailing comma is nonstandard
-#   Remark #1292  : attribute "warning" ignored ((warning ("the use of
-#                   `mktemp' is dangerous; use `mkstemp' instead"))));
-#                   (needed for newlib)
-#   Warning #1478 : function "<func_name>" (declared at line N of "<filename>")
-#                   was declared "deprecated"
-WERROR_FLAGS := -Wall -Werror-all -w2 -diag-disable 193,271,1292 \
-		-diag-warning 1478
-endif
 
 # process cpu flags
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/toolchain/$(RTE_TOOLCHAIN)/rte.toolchain-compat.mk
