diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c
index edc942317..ca3f21b83 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "rte_distributor_private.h"
 #include "rte_distributor.h"
 #include "rte_distributor_v20.h"
-#include "rte_distributor_v1705.h"
 
 TAILQ_HEAD(rte_dist_burst_list, rte_distributor);
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ EAL_REGISTER_TAILQ(rte_dist_burst_tailq)
 /**** Burst Packet APIs called by workers ****/
 
 void
-rte_distributor_request_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_request_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
 		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt,
 		unsigned int count)
 {
@@ -78,14 +77,9 @@ rte_distributor_request_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
 	 */
 	*retptr64 |= RTE_DISTRIB_GET_BUF;
 }
-BIND_DEFAULT_SYMBOL(rte_distributor_request_pkt, _v1705, 20.0);
-MAP_STATIC_SYMBOL(void rte_distributor_request_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
-		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt,
-		unsigned int count),
-		rte_distributor_request_pkt_v1705);
 
 int
-rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_poll_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
 		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **pkts)
 {
 	struct rte_distributor_buffer *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
@@ -119,13 +113,9 @@ rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
 
 	return count;
 }
-BIND_DEFAULT_SYMBOL(rte_distributor_poll_pkt, _v1705, 20.0);
-MAP_STATIC_SYMBOL(int rte_distributor_poll_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
-		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **pkts),
-		rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v1705);
 
 int
-rte_distributor_get_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_get_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
 		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **pkts,
 		struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt, unsigned int return_count)
 {
@@ -153,14 +143,9 @@ rte_distributor_get_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
 	}
 	return count;
 }
-BIND_DEFAULT_SYMBOL(rte_distributor_get_pkt, _v1705, 20.0);
-MAP_STATIC_SYMBOL(int rte_distributor_get_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
-		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **pkts,
-		struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt, unsigned int return_count),
-		rte_distributor_get_pkt_v1705);
 
 int
-rte_distributor_return_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_return_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
 		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt, int num)
 {
 	struct rte_distributor_buffer *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
@@ -187,10 +172,6 @@ rte_distributor_return_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
 
 	return 0;
 }
-BIND_DEFAULT_SYMBOL(rte_distributor_return_pkt, _v1705, 20.0);
-MAP_STATIC_SYMBOL(int rte_distributor_return_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
-		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt, int num),
-		rte_distributor_return_pkt_v1705);
 
 /**** APIs called on distributor core ***/
 
@@ -336,7 +317,7 @@ release(struct rte_distributor *d, unsigned int wkr)
 
 /* process a set of packets to distribute them to workers */
 int
-rte_distributor_process_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_process(struct rte_distributor *d,
 		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int num_mbufs)
 {
 	unsigned int next_idx = 0;
@@ -470,14 +451,10 @@ rte_distributor_process_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
 
 	return num_mbufs;
 }
-BIND_DEFAULT_SYMBOL(rte_distributor_process, _v1705, 20.0);
-MAP_STATIC_SYMBOL(int rte_distributor_process(struct rte_distributor *d,
-		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int num_mbufs),
-		rte_distributor_process_v1705);
 
 /* return to the caller, packets returned from workers */
 int
-rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
+rte_distributor_returned_pkts(struct rte_distributor *d,
 		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int max_mbufs)
 {
 	struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts *returns = &d->returns;
@@ -502,10 +479,6 @@ rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
 
 	return retval;
 }
-BIND_DEFAULT_SYMBOL(rte_distributor_returned_pkts, _v1705, 20.0);
-MAP_STATIC_SYMBOL(int rte_distributor_returned_pkts(struct rte_distributor *d,
-		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int max_mbufs),
-		rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v1705);
 
 /*
  * Return the number of packets in-flight in a distributor, i.e. packets
@@ -527,7 +500,7 @@ total_outstanding(const struct rte_distributor *d)
  * queued up.
  */
 int
-rte_distributor_flush_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d)
+rte_distributor_flush(struct rte_distributor *d)
 {
 	unsigned int flushed;
 	unsigned int wkr;
@@ -556,13 +529,10 @@ rte_distributor_flush_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d)
 
 	return flushed;
 }
-BIND_DEFAULT_SYMBOL(rte_distributor_flush, _v1705, 20.0);
-MAP_STATIC_SYMBOL(int rte_distributor_flush(struct rte_distributor *d),
-		rte_distributor_flush_v1705);
 
 /* clears the internal returns array in the distributor */
 void
-rte_distributor_clear_returns_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d)
+rte_distributor_clear_returns(struct rte_distributor *d)
 {
 	unsigned int wkr;
 
@@ -576,13 +546,10 @@ rte_distributor_clear_returns_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d)
 	for (wkr = 0; wkr < d->num_workers; wkr++)
 		d->bufs[wkr].retptr64[0] = 0;
 }
-BIND_DEFAULT_SYMBOL(rte_distributor_clear_returns, _v1705, 20.0);
-MAP_STATIC_SYMBOL(void rte_distributor_clear_returns(struct rte_distributor *d),
-		rte_distributor_clear_returns_v1705);
 
 /* creates a distributor instance */
 struct rte_distributor *
-rte_distributor_create_v1705(const char *name,
+rte_distributor_create(const char *name,
 		unsigned int socket_id,
 		unsigned int num_workers,
 		unsigned int alg_type)
@@ -656,8 +623,3 @@ rte_distributor_create_v1705(const char *name,
 
 	return d;
 }
-BIND_DEFAULT_SYMBOL(rte_distributor_create, _v1705, 20.0);
-MAP_STATIC_SYMBOL(struct rte_distributor *rte_distributor_create(
-		const char *name, unsigned int socket_id,
-		unsigned int num_workers, unsigned int alg_type),
-		rte_distributor_create_v1705);
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v1705.h b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v1705.h
deleted file mode 100644
index df4d9e815..000000000
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v1705.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
- * Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
- */
-
-#ifndef _RTE_DISTRIB_V1705_H_
-#define _RTE_DISTRIB_V1705_H_
-
-/**
- * @file
- * RTE distributor
- *
- * The distributor is a component which is designed to pass packets
- * one-at-a-time to workers, with dynamic load balancing.
- */
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-struct rte_distributor *
-rte_distributor_create_v1705(const char *name, unsigned int socket_id,
-		unsigned int num_workers,
-		unsigned int alg_type);
-
-int
-rte_distributor_process_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
-		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int num_mbufs);
-
-int
-rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
-		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int max_mbufs);
-
-int
-rte_distributor_flush_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d);
-
-void
-rte_distributor_clear_returns_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d);
-
-int
-rte_distributor_get_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
-	unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **pkts,
-	struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt, unsigned int retcount);
-
-int
-rte_distributor_return_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
-	unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt, int num);
-
-void
-rte_distributor_request_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
-		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **oldpkt,
-		unsigned int count);
-
-int
-rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v1705(struct rte_distributor *d,
-		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf **mbufs);
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif
