diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 330a4d77d..92c3f6af4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1458,9 +1458,6 @@ F: examples/l2fwd-cat/
 F: examples/l3fwd/
 F: doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward.rst
 
-F: examples/l3fwd-vf/
-F: doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward_virtual.rst
-
 F: examples/link_status_interrupt/
 F: doc/guides/sample_app_ug/link_status_intr.rst
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
index 076346a60..d212f81fe 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ Sample Applications User Guides
     l3_forward
     l3_forward_power_man
     l3_forward_access_ctrl
-    l3_forward_virtual
     link_status_intr
     load_balancer
     server_node_efd
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward_virtual.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward_virtual.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 21eab8da3..000000000
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l3_forward_virtual.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-    Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation.
-
-L3 Forwarding in a Virtualization Environment Sample Application
-================================================================
-
-The L3 Forwarding in a Virtualization Environment sample application is a simple example of packet processing using the DPDK.
-The application performs L3 forwarding that takes advantage of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) features
-in a virtualized environment.
-
-Overview
---------
-
-The application demonstrates the use of the hash and LPM libraries in the DPDK to implement packet forwarding.
-The initialization and run-time paths are very similar to those of the :doc:`l3_forward`.
-The forwarding decision is taken based on information read from the input packet.
-
-The lookup method is either hash-based or LPM-based and is selected at compile time.
-When the selected lookup method is hash-based, a hash object is used to emulate the flow classification stage.
-The hash object is used in correlation with the flow table to map each input packet to its flow at runtime.
-
-The hash lookup key is represented by the DiffServ 5-tuple composed of the following fields read from the input packet:
-Source IP Address, Destination IP Address, Protocol, Source Port and Destination Port.
-The ID of the output interface for the input packet is read from the identified flow table entry.
-The set of flows used by the application is statically configured and loaded into the hash at initialization time.
-When the selected lookup method is LPM based, an LPM object is used to emulate the forwarding stage for IPv4 packets.
-The LPM object is used as the routing table to identify the next hop for each input packet at runtime.
-
-The LPM lookup key is represented by the Destination IP Address field read from the input packet.
-The ID of the output interface for the input packet is the next hop returned by the LPM lookup.
-The set of LPM rules used by the application is statically configured and loaded into the LPM object at the initialization time.
-
-.. note::
-
-    Please refer to :ref:`l2_fwd_vf_setup` for virtualized test case setup.
-
-Compiling the Application
--------------------------
-
-To compile the sample application see :doc:`compiling`.
-
-The application is located in the ``l3fwd-vf`` sub-directory.
-
-Running the Application
------------------------
-
-The application has a number of command line options:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    ./build/l3fwd-vf [EAL options] -- -p PORTMASK  --config(port,queue,lcore)[,(port,queue,lcore)] [--no-numa]
-
-where,
-
-*   --p PORTMASK: Hexadecimal bitmask of ports to configure
-
-*   --config (port,queue,lcore)[,(port,queue,lcore]: determines which queues from which ports are mapped to which cores
-
-*   --no-numa: optional, disables numa awareness
-
-For example, consider a dual processor socket platform with 8 physical cores, where cores 0-7 and 16-23 appear on socket 0,
-while cores 8-15 and 24-31 appear on socket 1.
-
-To enable L3 forwarding between two ports, assuming that both ports are in the same socket, using two cores, cores 1 and 2,
-(which are in the same socket too), use the following command:
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-   ./build/l3fwd-vf -l 1,2 -n 4 -- -p 0x3 --config="(0,0,1),(1,0,2)"
-
-In this command:
-
-*   The -l option enables cores 1 and 2
-
-*   The -p option enables ports 0 and 1
-
-*   The --config option enables one queue on each port and maps each (port,queue) pair to a specific core.
-    The following table shows the mapping in this example:
-
-    +----------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------------+
-    | **Port** | **Queue** | **lcore** | **Description**                    |
-    |          |           |           |                                    |
-    +==========+===========+===========+====================================+
-    | 0        | 0         | 1         | Map queue 0 from port 0 to lcore 1 |
-    |          |           |           |                                    |
-    +----------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------------+
-    | 1        | 0         | 2         | Map queue 0 from port 1 to lcore 2 |
-    |          |           |           |                                    |
-    +----------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------------+
-
-Refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on running applications
-and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options.
-
-Explanation
------------
-
-The operation of this application is similar to that of the basic L3 Forwarding Sample Application.
-See :ref:`l3_fwd_explanation` for more information.
diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
index c756497d1..5dd8a72e5 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile
+++ b/examples/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ endif
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_ACL) += l3fwd-acl
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LPM)$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_HASH),yy)
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_POWER) += l3fwd-power
-DIRS-y += l3fwd-vf
 endif
 DIRS-y += link_status_interrupt
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_LPM) += load_balancer
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-vf/Makefile b/examples/l3fwd-vf/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b186a23c..000000000
--- a/examples/l3fwd-vf/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-# Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
-
-# binary name
-APP = l3fwd-vf
-
-# all source are stored in SRCS-y
-SRCS-y := main.c
-
-# Build using pkg-config variables if possible
-ifeq ($(shell pkg-config --exists libdpdk && echo 0),0)
-
-all: shared
-.PHONY: shared static
-shared: build/$(APP)-shared
-	ln -sf $(APP)-shared build/$(APP)
-static: build/$(APP)-static
-	ln -sf $(APP)-static build/$(APP)
-
-PKGCONF=pkg-config --define-prefix
-
-PC_FILE := $(shell $(PKGCONF) --path libdpdk)
-CFLAGS += -O3 $(shell $(PKGCONF) --cflags libdpdk)
-LDFLAGS_SHARED = $(shell $(PKGCONF) --libs libdpdk)
-LDFLAGS_STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic $(shell $(PKGCONF) --static --libs libdpdk)
-
-build/$(APP)-shared: $(SRCS-y) Makefile $(PC_FILE) | build
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SHARED)
-
-build/$(APP)-static: $(SRCS-y) Makefile $(PC_FILE) | build
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_STATIC)
-
-build:
-	@mkdir -p $@
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	rm -f build/$(APP) build/$(APP)-static build/$(APP)-shared
-	test -d build && rmdir -p build || true
-
-else # Build using legacy build system
-
-ifeq ($(RTE_SDK),)
-$(error "Please define RTE_SDK environment variable")
-endif
-
-# Default target, detect a build directory, by looking for a path with a .config
-RTE_TARGET ?= $(notdir $(abspath $(dir $(firstword $(wildcard $(RTE_SDK)/*/.config)))))
-
-include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
-
-CFLAGS += -O3 $(USER_FLAGS)
-CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
-
-# workaround for a gcc bug with noreturn attribute
-# http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12603
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_TOOLCHAIN_GCC),y)
-CFLAGS_main.o += -Wno-return-type
-endif
-
-include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.extapp.mk
-endif
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-vf/main.c b/examples/l3fwd-vf/main.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 572e74cf5..000000000
--- a/examples/l3fwd-vf/main.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1072 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
- * Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/queue.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-
-#include <rte_common.h>
-#include <rte_byteorder.h>
-#include <rte_log.h>
-#include <rte_memory.h>
-#include <rte_memcpy.h>
-#include <rte_eal.h>
-#include <rte_launch.h>
-#include <rte_atomic.h>
-#include <rte_spinlock.h>
-#include <rte_cycles.h>
-#include <rte_prefetch.h>
-#include <rte_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
-#include <rte_interrupts.h>
-#include <rte_random.h>
-#include <rte_debug.h>
-#include <rte_ether.h>
-#include <rte_ethdev.h>
-#include <rte_mempool.h>
-#include <rte_mbuf.h>
-#include <rte_ip.h>
-#include <rte_tcp.h>
-#include <rte_udp.h>
-#include <rte_string_fns.h>
-
-#define APP_LOOKUP_EXACT_MATCH          0
-#define APP_LOOKUP_LPM                  1
-#define DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
-
-//#define APP_LOOKUP_METHOD             APP_LOOKUP_EXACT_MATCH
-#ifndef APP_LOOKUP_METHOD
-#define APP_LOOKUP_METHOD             APP_LOOKUP_LPM
-#endif
-
-#if (APP_LOOKUP_METHOD == APP_LOOKUP_EXACT_MATCH)
-#include <rte_hash.h>
-#elif (APP_LOOKUP_METHOD == APP_LOOKUP_LPM)
-#include <rte_lpm.h>
-#else
-#error "APP_LOOKUP_METHOD set to incorrect value"
-#endif
-
-#define RTE_LOGTYPE_L3FWD RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1
-
-#define MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE 256
-
-/*
- * This expression is used to calculate the number of mbufs needed depending on user input, taking
- *  into account memory for rx and tx hardware rings, cache per lcore and mtable per port per lcore.
- *  RTE_MAX is used to ensure that NB_MBUF never goes below a minimum value of 8192
- */
-
-#define NB_MBUF RTE_MAX	(						\
-				(nb_ports*nb_rx_queue*nb_rxd +		\
-				nb_ports*nb_lcores*MAX_PKT_BURST +	\
-				nb_ports*n_tx_queue*nb_txd +		\
-				nb_lcores*MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE),		\
-				(unsigned)8192)
-
-#define MAX_PKT_BURST 32
-#define BURST_TX_DRAIN_US 100 /* TX drain every ~100us */
-
-#define NB_SOCKETS 8
-
-#define SOCKET0 0
-
-/* Configure how many packets ahead to prefetch, when reading packets */
-#define PREFETCH_OFFSET	3
-
-/*
- * Configurable number of RX/TX ring descriptors
- */
-#define RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT 1024
-#define RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT 1024
-static uint16_t nb_rxd = RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT;
-static uint16_t nb_txd = RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT;
-
-/* ethernet addresses of ports */
-static struct rte_ether_addr ports_eth_addr[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
-
-/* mask of enabled ports */
-static uint32_t enabled_port_mask = 0;
-static int numa_on = 1; /**< NUMA is enabled by default. */
-
-struct mbuf_table {
-	uint16_t len;
-	struct rte_mbuf *m_table[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-};
-
-struct lcore_rx_queue {
-	uint16_t port_id;
-	uint8_t queue_id;
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
-
-#define MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_LCORE 16
-#define MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT 1
-#define MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_PORT 1
-
-#define MAX_LCORE_PARAMS 1024
-struct lcore_params {
-	uint16_t port_id;
-	uint8_t queue_id;
-	uint8_t lcore_id;
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
-
-static struct lcore_params lcore_params_array[MAX_LCORE_PARAMS];
-static struct lcore_params lcore_params_array_default[] = {
-	{0, 0, 2},
-	{0, 1, 2},
-	{0, 2, 2},
-	{1, 0, 2},
-	{1, 1, 2},
-	{1, 2, 2},
-	{2, 0, 2},
-	{3, 0, 3},
-	{3, 1, 3},
-};
-
-static struct lcore_params * lcore_params = lcore_params_array_default;
-static uint16_t nb_lcore_params = sizeof(lcore_params_array_default) /
-				sizeof(lcore_params_array_default[0]);
-
-static struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = {
-	.rxmode = {
-		.mq_mode	= ETH_MQ_RX_RSS,
-		.max_rx_pkt_len = RTE_ETHER_MAX_LEN,
-		.split_hdr_size = 0,
-		.offloads = DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CHECKSUM,
-	},
-	.rx_adv_conf = {
-		.rss_conf = {
-			.rss_key = NULL,
-			.rss_hf = ETH_RSS_IP,
-		},
-	},
-	.txmode = {
-		.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_TX_NONE,
-	},
-};
-
-static struct rte_mempool * pktmbuf_pool[NB_SOCKETS];
-
-
-#if (APP_LOOKUP_METHOD == APP_LOOKUP_EXACT_MATCH)
-
-#ifdef RTE_ARCH_X86
-#include <rte_hash_crc.h>
-#define DEFAULT_HASH_FUNC       rte_hash_crc
-#else
-#include <rte_jhash.h>
-#define DEFAULT_HASH_FUNC       rte_jhash
-#endif
-
-struct ipv4_5tuple {
-	uint32_t ip_dst;
-	uint32_t ip_src;
-	uint16_t port_dst;
-	uint16_t port_src;
-	uint8_t proto;
-} __attribute__((__packed__));
-
-struct l3fwd_route {
-	struct ipv4_5tuple key;
-	uint8_t if_out;
-};
-
-static struct l3fwd_route l3fwd_route_array[] = {
-	{{RTE_IPV4(100,10,0,1), RTE_IPV4(200,10,0,1), 101, 11, IPPROTO_TCP}, 0},
-	{{RTE_IPV4(100,20,0,2), RTE_IPV4(200,20,0,2), 102, 12, IPPROTO_TCP}, 1},
-	{{RTE_IPV4(100,30,0,3), RTE_IPV4(200,30,0,3), 103, 13, IPPROTO_TCP}, 2},
-	{{RTE_IPV4(100,40,0,4), RTE_IPV4(200,40,0,4), 104, 14, IPPROTO_TCP}, 3},
-};
-
-typedef struct rte_hash lookup_struct_t;
-static lookup_struct_t *l3fwd_lookup_struct[NB_SOCKETS];
-
-#define L3FWD_HASH_ENTRIES	1024
-struct rte_hash_parameters l3fwd_hash_params = {
-	.name = "l3fwd_hash_0",
-	.entries = L3FWD_HASH_ENTRIES,
-	.key_len = sizeof(struct ipv4_5tuple),
-	.hash_func = DEFAULT_HASH_FUNC,
-	.hash_func_init_val = 0,
-	.socket_id = SOCKET0,
-};
-
-#define L3FWD_NUM_ROUTES \
-	(sizeof(l3fwd_route_array) / sizeof(l3fwd_route_array[0]))
-
-static uint8_t l3fwd_out_if[L3FWD_HASH_ENTRIES] __rte_cache_aligned;
-#endif
-
-#if (APP_LOOKUP_METHOD == APP_LOOKUP_LPM)
-struct l3fwd_route {
-	uint32_t ip;
-	uint8_t  depth;
-	uint8_t  if_out;
-};
-
-static struct l3fwd_route l3fwd_route_array[] = {
-	{RTE_IPV4(1,1,1,0), 24, 0},
-	{RTE_IPV4(2,1,1,0), 24, 1},
-	{RTE_IPV4(3,1,1,0), 24, 2},
-	{RTE_IPV4(4,1,1,0), 24, 3},
-	{RTE_IPV4(5,1,1,0), 24, 4},
-	{RTE_IPV4(6,1,1,0), 24, 5},
-	{RTE_IPV4(7,1,1,0), 24, 6},
-	{RTE_IPV4(8,1,1,0), 24, 7},
-};
-
-#define L3FWD_NUM_ROUTES \
-	(sizeof(l3fwd_route_array) / sizeof(l3fwd_route_array[0]))
-
-#define L3FWD_LPM_MAX_RULES     1024
-
-typedef struct rte_lpm lookup_struct_t;
-static lookup_struct_t *l3fwd_lookup_struct[NB_SOCKETS];
-#endif
-
-struct lcore_conf {
-	uint16_t n_rx_queue;
-	struct lcore_rx_queue rx_queue_list[MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_LCORE];
-	uint16_t tx_queue_id;
-	struct mbuf_table tx_mbufs[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
-	lookup_struct_t * lookup_struct;
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
-
-static struct lcore_conf lcore_conf[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
-static rte_spinlock_t spinlock_conf[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS] = {RTE_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER};
-/* Send burst of packets on an output interface */
-static inline int
-send_burst(struct lcore_conf *qconf, uint16_t n, uint16_t port)
-{
-	struct rte_mbuf **m_table;
-	int ret;
-	uint16_t queueid;
-
-	queueid = qconf->tx_queue_id;
-	m_table = (struct rte_mbuf **)qconf->tx_mbufs[port].m_table;
-
-	rte_spinlock_lock(&spinlock_conf[port]);
-	ret = rte_eth_tx_burst(port, queueid, m_table, n);
-	rte_spinlock_unlock(&spinlock_conf[port]);
-
-	if (unlikely(ret < n)) {
-		do {
-			rte_pktmbuf_free(m_table[ret]);
-		} while (++ret < n);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* Enqueue a single packet, and send burst if queue is filled */
-static inline int
-send_single_packet(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t port)
-{
-	uint32_t lcore_id;
-	uint16_t len;
-	struct lcore_conf *qconf;
-
-	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
-
-	qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
-	len = qconf->tx_mbufs[port].len;
-	qconf->tx_mbufs[port].m_table[len] = m;
-	len++;
-
-	/* enough pkts to be sent */
-	if (unlikely(len == MAX_PKT_BURST)) {
-		send_burst(qconf, MAX_PKT_BURST, port);
-		len = 0;
-	}
-
-	qconf->tx_mbufs[port].len = len;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-#ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
-static inline int
-is_valid_ipv4_pkt(struct rte_ipv4_hdr *pkt, uint32_t link_len)
-{
-	/* From http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1812.txt section 5.2.2 */
-	/*
-	 * 1. The packet length reported by the Link Layer must be large
-	 * enough to hold the minimum length legal IP datagram (20 bytes).
-	 */
-	if (link_len < sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr))
-		return -1;
-
-	/* 2. The IP checksum must be correct. */
-	/* this is checked in H/W */
-
-	/*
-	 * 3. The IP version number must be 4. If the version number is not 4
-	 * then the packet may be another version of IP, such as IPng or
-	 * ST-II.
-	 */
-	if (((pkt->version_ihl) >> 4) != 4)
-		return -3;
-	/*
-	 * 4. The IP header length field must be large enough to hold the
-	 * minimum length legal IP datagram (20 bytes = 5 words).
-	 */
-	if ((pkt->version_ihl & 0xf) < 5)
-		return -4;
-
-	/*
-	 * 5. The IP total length field must be large enough to hold the IP
-	 * datagram header, whose length is specified in the IP header length
-	 * field.
-	 */
-	if (rte_cpu_to_be_16(pkt->total_length) < sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr))
-		return -5;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
-#if (APP_LOOKUP_METHOD == APP_LOOKUP_EXACT_MATCH)
-static void
-print_key(struct ipv4_5tuple key)
-{
-	printf("IP dst = %08x, IP src = %08x, port dst = %d, port src = %d, proto = %d\n",
-	       (unsigned)key.ip_dst, (unsigned)key.ip_src, key.port_dst, key.port_src, key.proto);
-}
-
-static inline uint16_t
-get_dst_port(struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr, uint16_t portid,
-	      lookup_struct_t *l3fwd_lookup_struct)
-{
-	struct ipv4_5tuple key;
-	struct rte_tcp_hdr *tcp;
-	struct rte_udp_hdr *udp;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	key.ip_dst = rte_be_to_cpu_32(ipv4_hdr->dst_addr);
-	key.ip_src = rte_be_to_cpu_32(ipv4_hdr->src_addr);
-	key.proto = ipv4_hdr->next_proto_id;
-
-	switch (ipv4_hdr->next_proto_id) {
-	case IPPROTO_TCP:
-		tcp = (struct rte_tcp_hdr *)((unsigned char *) ipv4_hdr +
-					sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr));
-		key.port_dst = rte_be_to_cpu_16(tcp->dst_port);
-		key.port_src = rte_be_to_cpu_16(tcp->src_port);
-		break;
-
-	case IPPROTO_UDP:
-		udp = (struct rte_udp_hdr *)((unsigned char *) ipv4_hdr +
-					sizeof(struct rte_ipv4_hdr));
-		key.port_dst = rte_be_to_cpu_16(udp->dst_port);
-		key.port_src = rte_be_to_cpu_16(udp->src_port);
-		break;
-
-	default:
-		key.port_dst = 0;
-		key.port_src = 0;
-	}
-
-	/* Find destination port */
-	ret = rte_hash_lookup(l3fwd_lookup_struct, (const void *)&key);
-	return ((ret < 0) ? portid : l3fwd_out_if[ret]);
-}
-#endif
-
-#if (APP_LOOKUP_METHOD == APP_LOOKUP_LPM)
-static inline uint32_t
-get_dst_port(struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr, uint16_t portid,
-	      lookup_struct_t *l3fwd_lookup_struct)
-{
-	uint32_t next_hop;
-
-	return ((rte_lpm_lookup(l3fwd_lookup_struct,
-		rte_be_to_cpu_32(ipv4_hdr->dst_addr), &next_hop) == 0) ?
-		next_hop : portid);
-}
-#endif
-
-static inline void
-l3fwd_simple_forward(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint16_t portid,
-		      lookup_struct_t *l3fwd_lookup_struct)
-{
-	struct rte_ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
-	struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr;
-	void *tmp;
-	uint16_t dst_port;
-
-	eth_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct rte_ether_hdr *);
-
-	ipv4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, struct rte_ipv4_hdr *,
-					   sizeof(struct rte_ether_hdr));
-
-#ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
-	/* Check to make sure the packet is valid (RFC1812) */
-	if (is_valid_ipv4_pkt(ipv4_hdr, m->pkt_len) < 0) {
-		rte_pktmbuf_free(m);
-		return;
-	}
-#endif
-
-	dst_port = get_dst_port(ipv4_hdr, portid, l3fwd_lookup_struct);
-	if (dst_port >= RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS || (enabled_port_mask & 1 << dst_port) == 0)
-		dst_port = portid;
-
-	/* 02:00:00:00:00:xx */
-	tmp = &eth_hdr->d_addr.addr_bytes[0];
-	*((uint64_t *)tmp) = 0x000000000002 + ((uint64_t)dst_port << 40);
-
-#ifdef DO_RFC_1812_CHECKS
-	/* Update time to live and header checksum */
-	--(ipv4_hdr->time_to_live);
-	++(ipv4_hdr->hdr_checksum);
-#endif
-
-	/* src addr */
-	rte_ether_addr_copy(&ports_eth_addr[dst_port], &eth_hdr->s_addr);
-
-	send_single_packet(m, dst_port);
-
-}
-
-/* main processing loop */
-static int
-main_loop(__attribute__((unused)) void *dummy)
-{
-	struct rte_mbuf *pkts_burst[MAX_PKT_BURST];
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	uint64_t prev_tsc, diff_tsc, cur_tsc;
-	int i, j, nb_rx;
-	uint8_t queueid;
-	uint16_t portid;
-	struct lcore_conf *qconf;
-	const uint64_t drain_tsc = (rte_get_tsc_hz() + US_PER_S - 1) / US_PER_S * BURST_TX_DRAIN_US;
-
-	prev_tsc = 0;
-
-	lcore_id = rte_lcore_id();
-	qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
-
-	if (qconf->n_rx_queue == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD, "lcore %u has nothing to do\n", lcore_id);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD, "entering main loop on lcore %u\n", lcore_id);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_rx_queue; i++) {
-
-		portid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].port_id;
-		queueid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].queue_id;
-		RTE_LOG(INFO, L3FWD, " --lcoreid=%u portid=%u rxqueueid=%hhu\n",
-		lcore_id, portid, queueid);
-	}
-
-	while (1) {
-
-		cur_tsc = rte_rdtsc();
-
-		/*
-		 * TX burst queue drain
-		 */
-		diff_tsc = cur_tsc - prev_tsc;
-		if (unlikely(diff_tsc > drain_tsc)) {
-
-			/*
-			 * This could be optimized (use queueid instead of
-			 * portid), but it is not called so often
-			 */
-			for (portid = 0; portid < RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS; portid++) {
-				if (qconf->tx_mbufs[portid].len == 0)
-					continue;
-				send_burst(&lcore_conf[lcore_id],
-					qconf->tx_mbufs[portid].len,
-					portid);
-				qconf->tx_mbufs[portid].len = 0;
-			}
-
-			prev_tsc = cur_tsc;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Read packet from RX queues
-		 */
-		for (i = 0; i < qconf->n_rx_queue; ++i) {
-
-			portid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].port_id;
-			queueid = qconf->rx_queue_list[i].queue_id;
-			nb_rx = rte_eth_rx_burst(portid, queueid, pkts_burst, MAX_PKT_BURST);
-
-			/* Prefetch first packets */
-			for (j = 0; j < PREFETCH_OFFSET && j < nb_rx; j++) {
-				rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(
-						pkts_burst[j], void *));
-			}
-
-			/* Prefetch and forward already prefetched packets */
-			for (j = 0; j < (nb_rx - PREFETCH_OFFSET); j++) {
-				rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkts_burst[
-						j + PREFETCH_OFFSET], void *));
-				l3fwd_simple_forward(pkts_burst[j], portid, qconf->lookup_struct);
-			}
-
-			/* Forward remaining prefetched packets */
-			for (; j < nb_rx; j++) {
-				l3fwd_simple_forward(pkts_burst[j], portid, qconf->lookup_struct);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-static int
-check_lcore_params(void)
-{
-	uint8_t queue, lcore;
-	uint16_t i;
-	int socketid;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_lcore_params; ++i) {
-		queue = lcore_params[i].queue_id;
-		if (queue >= MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_PORT) {
-			printf("invalid queue number: %hhu\n", queue);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		lcore = lcore_params[i].lcore_id;
-		if (!rte_lcore_is_enabled(lcore)) {
-			printf("error: lcore %hhu is not enabled in lcore mask\n", lcore);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		if ((socketid = rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore) != 0) &&
-			(numa_on == 0)) {
-			printf("warning: lcore %hhu is on socket %d with numa off \n",
-				lcore, socketid);
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-check_port_config(void)
-{
-	unsigned portid;
-	uint16_t i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_lcore_params; ++i) {
-		portid = lcore_params[i].port_id;
-		if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0) {
-			printf("port %u is not enabled in port mask\n", portid);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		if (!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(portid)) {
-			printf("port %u is not present on the board\n", portid);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static uint8_t
-get_port_n_rx_queues(const uint16_t port)
-{
-	int queue = -1;
-	uint16_t i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_lcore_params; ++i) {
-		if (lcore_params[i].port_id == port && lcore_params[i].queue_id > queue)
-			queue = lcore_params[i].queue_id;
-	}
-	return (uint8_t)(++queue);
-}
-
-static int
-init_lcore_rx_queues(void)
-{
-	uint16_t i, nb_rx_queue;
-	uint8_t lcore;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_lcore_params; ++i) {
-		lcore = lcore_params[i].lcore_id;
-		nb_rx_queue = lcore_conf[lcore].n_rx_queue;
-		if (nb_rx_queue >= MAX_RX_QUEUE_PER_LCORE) {
-			printf("error: too many queues (%u) for lcore: %u\n",
-				(unsigned)nb_rx_queue + 1, (unsigned)lcore);
-			return -1;
-		} else {
-			lcore_conf[lcore].rx_queue_list[nb_rx_queue].port_id =
-				lcore_params[i].port_id;
-			lcore_conf[lcore].rx_queue_list[nb_rx_queue].queue_id =
-				lcore_params[i].queue_id;
-			lcore_conf[lcore].n_rx_queue++;
-		}
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* display usage */
-static void
-print_usage(const char *prgname)
-{
-	printf ("%s [EAL options] -- -p PORTMASK"
-		"  [--config (port,queue,lcore)[,(port,queue,lcore]]\n"
-		"  -p PORTMASK: hexadecimal bitmask of ports to configure\n"
-		"  --config (port,queue,lcore): rx queues configuration\n"
-		"  --no-numa: optional, disable numa awareness\n",
-		prgname);
-}
-
-/* Custom handling of signals to handle process terminal */
-static void
-signal_handler(int signum)
-{
-	uint16_t portid;
-
-	/* When we receive a SIGINT signal */
-	if (signum == SIGINT) {
-		RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
-			/* skip ports that are not enabled */
-			if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0)
-				continue;
-			rte_eth_dev_close(portid);
-		}
-	}
-	rte_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, "\n User forced exit\n");
-}
-static int
-parse_portmask(const char *portmask)
-{
-	char *end = NULL;
-	unsigned long pm;
-
-	/* parse hexadecimal string */
-	pm = strtoul(portmask, &end, 16);
-	if ((portmask[0] == '\0') || (end == NULL) || (*end != '\0'))
-		return -1;
-
-	if (pm == 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	return pm;
-}
-
-static int
-parse_config(const char *q_arg)
-{
-	char s[256];
-	const char *p, *p0 = q_arg;
-	char *end;
-	enum fieldnames {
-		FLD_PORT = 0,
-		FLD_QUEUE,
-		FLD_LCORE,
-		_NUM_FLD
-	};
-	unsigned long int_fld[_NUM_FLD];
-	char *str_fld[_NUM_FLD];
-	int i;
-	unsigned size;
-
-	nb_lcore_params = 0;
-
-	while ((p = strchr(p0,'(')) != NULL) {
-		++p;
-		if((p0 = strchr(p,')')) == NULL)
-			return -1;
-
-		size = p0 - p;
-		if(size >= sizeof(s))
-			return -1;
-
-		snprintf(s, sizeof(s), "%.*s", size, p);
-		if (rte_strsplit(s, sizeof(s), str_fld, _NUM_FLD, ',') != _NUM_FLD)
-			return -1;
-		for (i = 0; i < _NUM_FLD; i++){
-			errno = 0;
-			int_fld[i] = strtoul(str_fld[i], &end, 0);
-			if (errno != 0 || end == str_fld[i] || int_fld[i] > 255)
-				return -1;
-		}
-		if (nb_lcore_params >= MAX_LCORE_PARAMS) {
-			printf("exceeded max number of lcore params: %hu\n",
-				nb_lcore_params);
-			return -1;
-		}
-		lcore_params_array[nb_lcore_params].port_id = int_fld[FLD_PORT];
-		lcore_params_array[nb_lcore_params].queue_id = (uint8_t)int_fld[FLD_QUEUE];
-		lcore_params_array[nb_lcore_params].lcore_id = (uint8_t)int_fld[FLD_LCORE];
-		++nb_lcore_params;
-	}
-	lcore_params = lcore_params_array;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* Parse the argument given in the command line of the application */
-static int
-parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	int opt, ret;
-	char **argvopt;
-	int option_index;
-	char *prgname = argv[0];
-	static struct option lgopts[] = {
-		{"config", 1, 0, 0},
-		{"no-numa", 0, 0, 0},
-		{NULL, 0, 0, 0}
-	};
-
-	argvopt = argv;
-
-	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argvopt, "p:",
-				lgopts, &option_index)) != EOF) {
-
-		switch (opt) {
-		/* portmask */
-		case 'p':
-			enabled_port_mask = parse_portmask(optarg);
-			if (enabled_port_mask == 0) {
-				printf("invalid portmask\n");
-				print_usage(prgname);
-				return -1;
-			}
-			break;
-
-		/* long options */
-		case 0:
-			if (!strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "config")) {
-				ret = parse_config(optarg);
-				if (ret) {
-					printf("invalid config\n");
-					print_usage(prgname);
-					return -1;
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (!strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "no-numa")) {
-				printf("numa is disabled \n");
-				numa_on = 0;
-			}
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			print_usage(prgname);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (optind >= 0)
-		argv[optind-1] = prgname;
-
-	ret = optind-1;
-	optind = 1; /* reset getopt lib */
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void
-print_ethaddr(const char *name, const struct rte_ether_addr *eth_addr)
-{
-	char buf[RTE_ETHER_ADDR_FMT_SIZE];
-	rte_ether_format_addr(buf, RTE_ETHER_ADDR_FMT_SIZE, eth_addr);
-	printf("%s%s", name, buf);
-}
-
-#if (APP_LOOKUP_METHOD == APP_LOOKUP_EXACT_MATCH)
-static void
-setup_hash(int socketid)
-{
-	unsigned i;
-	int ret;
-	char s[64];
-
-	/* create  hashes */
-	snprintf(s, sizeof(s), "l3fwd_hash_%d", socketid);
-	l3fwd_hash_params.name = s;
-	l3fwd_hash_params.socket_id = socketid;
-	l3fwd_lookup_struct[socketid] = rte_hash_create(&l3fwd_hash_params);
-	if (l3fwd_lookup_struct[socketid] == NULL)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Unable to create the l3fwd hash on "
-				"socket %d\n", socketid);
-
-	/* populate the hash */
-	for (i = 0; i < L3FWD_NUM_ROUTES; i++) {
-		ret = rte_hash_add_key (l3fwd_lookup_struct[socketid],
-				(void *) &l3fwd_route_array[i].key);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Unable to add entry %u to the"
-				"l3fwd hash on socket %d\n", i, socketid);
-		}
-		l3fwd_out_if[ret] = l3fwd_route_array[i].if_out;
-		printf("Hash: Adding key\n");
-		print_key(l3fwd_route_array[i].key);
-	}
-}
-#endif
-
-#if (APP_LOOKUP_METHOD == APP_LOOKUP_LPM)
-static void
-setup_lpm(int socketid)
-{
-	unsigned i;
-	int ret;
-	char s[64];
-
-	struct rte_lpm_config lpm_ipv4_config;
-
-	lpm_ipv4_config.max_rules = L3FWD_LPM_MAX_RULES;
-	lpm_ipv4_config.number_tbl8s = 256;
-	lpm_ipv4_config.flags = 0;
-
-	/* create the LPM table */
-	snprintf(s, sizeof(s), "L3FWD_LPM_%d", socketid);
-	l3fwd_lookup_struct[socketid] =
-			rte_lpm_create(s, socketid, &lpm_ipv4_config);
-	if (l3fwd_lookup_struct[socketid] == NULL)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Unable to create the l3fwd LPM table"
-				" on socket %d\n", socketid);
-
-	/* populate the LPM table */
-	for (i = 0; i < L3FWD_NUM_ROUTES; i++) {
-		ret = rte_lpm_add(l3fwd_lookup_struct[socketid],
-			l3fwd_route_array[i].ip,
-			l3fwd_route_array[i].depth,
-			l3fwd_route_array[i].if_out);
-
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Unable to add entry %u to the "
-				"l3fwd LPM table on socket %d\n",
-				i, socketid);
-		}
-
-		printf("LPM: Adding route 0x%08x / %d (%d)\n",
-			(unsigned)l3fwd_route_array[i].ip,
-			l3fwd_route_array[i].depth,
-			l3fwd_route_array[i].if_out);
-	}
-}
-#endif
-
-static int
-init_mem(unsigned nb_mbuf)
-{
-	struct lcore_conf *qconf;
-	int socketid;
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	char s[64];
-
-	for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
-		if (rte_lcore_is_enabled(lcore_id) == 0)
-			continue;
-
-		if (numa_on)
-			socketid = rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id);
-		else
-			socketid = 0;
-
-		if (socketid >= NB_SOCKETS) {
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Socket %d of lcore %u is out of range %d\n",
-				socketid, lcore_id, NB_SOCKETS);
-		}
-		if (pktmbuf_pool[socketid] == NULL) {
-			snprintf(s, sizeof(s), "mbuf_pool_%d", socketid);
-			pktmbuf_pool[socketid] = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create(s,
-				nb_mbuf, MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE, 0,
-				RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE, socketid);
-			if (pktmbuf_pool[socketid] == NULL)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot init mbuf pool on socket %d\n", socketid);
-			else
-				printf("Allocated mbuf pool on socket %d\n", socketid);
-
-#if (APP_LOOKUP_METHOD == APP_LOOKUP_LPM)
-			setup_lpm(socketid);
-#else
-			setup_hash(socketid);
-#endif
-		}
-		qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
-		qconf->lookup_struct = l3fwd_lookup_struct[socketid];
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int
-main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	struct lcore_conf *qconf;
-	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
-	struct rte_eth_txconf *txconf;
-	int ret;
-	unsigned nb_ports;
-	uint16_t queueid, portid;
-	unsigned lcore_id;
-	uint32_t nb_lcores;
-	uint16_t n_tx_queue;
-	uint8_t nb_rx_queue, queue, socketid;
-
-	signal(SIGINT, signal_handler);
-	/* init EAL */
-	ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid EAL parameters\n");
-	argc -= ret;
-	argv += ret;
-
-	/* parse application arguments (after the EAL ones) */
-	ret = parse_args(argc, argv);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid L3FWD-VF parameters\n");
-
-	if (check_lcore_params() < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "check_lcore_params failed\n");
-
-	ret = init_lcore_rx_queues();
-	if (ret < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "init_lcore_rx_queues failed\n");
-
-	nb_ports = rte_eth_dev_count_avail();
-
-	if (check_port_config() < 0)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "check_port_config failed\n");
-
-	nb_lcores = rte_lcore_count();
-
-	/* initialize all ports */
-	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
-		struct rte_eth_conf local_port_conf = port_conf;
-
-		/* skip ports that are not enabled */
-		if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0) {
-			printf("\nSkipping disabled port %d\n", portid);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		/* init port */
-		printf("Initializing port %d ... ", portid );
-		fflush(stdout);
-
-		/* must always equal(=1) */
-		nb_rx_queue = get_port_n_rx_queues(portid);
-		n_tx_queue = MAX_TX_QUEUE_PER_PORT;
-
-		printf("Creating queues: nb_rxq=%d nb_txq=%u... ",
-			nb_rx_queue, (unsigned)1 );
-
-		rte_eth_dev_info_get(portid, &dev_info);
-		if (dev_info.tx_offload_capa & DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE)
-			local_port_conf.txmode.offloads |=
-				DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE;
-
-		local_port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf &=
-			dev_info.flow_type_rss_offloads;
-		if (local_port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf !=
-				port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf) {
-			printf("Port %u modified RSS hash function based on hardware support,"
-				"requested:%#"PRIx64" configured:%#"PRIx64"\n",
-				portid,
-				port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf,
-				local_port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf);
-		}
-
-		ret = rte_eth_dev_configure(portid, nb_rx_queue,
-					    n_tx_queue, &local_port_conf);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot configure device: err=%d, port=%d\n",
-				ret, portid);
-
-		ret = rte_eth_dev_adjust_nb_rx_tx_desc(portid, &nb_rxd,
-						       &nb_txd);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-				 "Cannot adjust number of descriptors: err=%d, port=%d\n",
-				 ret, portid);
-
-		rte_eth_macaddr_get(portid, &ports_eth_addr[portid]);
-		print_ethaddr(" Address:", &ports_eth_addr[portid]);
-		printf(", ");
-
-		ret = init_mem(NB_MBUF);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "init_mem failed\n");
-
-		/* init one TX queue */
-		socketid = (uint8_t)rte_lcore_to_socket_id(rte_get_master_lcore());
-
-		printf("txq=%d,%d,%d ", portid, 0, socketid);
-		fflush(stdout);
-
-		txconf = &dev_info.default_txconf;
-		txconf->offloads = local_port_conf.txmode.offloads;
-		ret = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(portid, 0, nb_txd,
-						 socketid, txconf);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "rte_eth_tx_queue_setup: err=%d, "
-				"port=%d\n", ret, portid);
-
-		printf("\n");
-	}
-
-	for (lcore_id = 0; lcore_id < RTE_MAX_LCORE; lcore_id++) {
-		struct rte_eth_rxconf rxq_conf;
-
-		if (rte_lcore_is_enabled(lcore_id) == 0)
-			continue;
-		qconf = &lcore_conf[lcore_id];
-		qconf->tx_queue_id = 0;
-
-		printf("\nInitializing rx queues on lcore %u ... ", lcore_id );
-		fflush(stdout);
-		/* init RX queues */
-		for(queue = 0; queue < qconf->n_rx_queue; ++queue) {
-			portid = qconf->rx_queue_list[queue].port_id;
-			queueid = qconf->rx_queue_list[queue].queue_id;
-
-			if (numa_on)
-				socketid = (uint8_t)rte_lcore_to_socket_id(lcore_id);
-			else
-				socketid = 0;
-
-			printf("rxq=%d,%d,%d ", portid, queueid, socketid);
-			fflush(stdout);
-
-			rte_eth_dev_info_get(portid, &dev_info);
-			rxq_conf = dev_info.default_rxconf;
-			rxq_conf.offloads = port_conf.rxmode.offloads;
-			ret = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(portid, queueid, nb_rxd,
-						socketid, &rxq_conf,
-						pktmbuf_pool[socketid]);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "rte_eth_rx_queue_setup: err=%d,"
-						"port=%d\n", ret, portid);
-		}
-	}
-	printf("\n");
-
-	/* start ports */
-	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(portid) {
-		if ((enabled_port_mask & (1 << portid)) == 0) {
-			continue;
-		}
-		/* Start device */
-		ret = rte_eth_dev_start(portid);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "rte_eth_dev_start: err=%d, port=%d\n",
-				ret, portid);
-
-		printf("done: Port %d\n", portid);
-
-	}
-
-	/* launch per-lcore init on every lcore */
-	rte_eal_mp_remote_launch(main_loop, NULL, CALL_MASTER);
-	RTE_LCORE_FOREACH_SLAVE(lcore_id) {
-		if (rte_eal_wait_lcore(lcore_id) < 0)
-			return -1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd-vf/meson.build b/examples/l3fwd-vf/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 226286e74..000000000
--- a/examples/l3fwd-vf/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-# Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
-
-# meson file, for building this example as part of a main DPDK build.
-#
-# To build this example as a standalone application with an already-installed
-# DPDK instance, use 'make'
-
-deps += ['lpm', 'hash']
-sources = files(
-	'main.c'
-)
diff --git a/examples/meson.build b/examples/meson.build
index 4663d9dea..81ac8199a 100644
--- a/examples/meson.build
+++ b/examples/meson.build
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ all_examples = [
 	'l2fwd-crypto', 'l2fwd-jobstats',
 	'l2fwd-keepalive', 'l3fwd',
 	'l3fwd-acl', 'l3fwd-power',
-	'l3fwd-vf', 'link_status_interrupt',
+	'link_status_interrupt',
 	'load_balancer',
 	'multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_client',
 	'multi_process/client_server_mp/mp_server',
