diff --git a/lib/eal/windows/fnmatch.c b/lib/eal/windows/fnmatch.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f622bf54c5..0000000000
--- a/lib/eal/windows/fnmatch.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,172 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
- * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993, 1994
- *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
- *
- * This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
- * Guido van Rossum.
- */
-
-#if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
-static const char sccsid[] = "@(#)fnmatch.c	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94";
-#endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
-
-/*
- * Function fnmatch() as specified in POSIX 1003.2-1992, section B.6.
- * Compares a filename or pathname to a pattern.
- */
-
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#include "fnmatch.h"
-
-#define EOS	'\0'
-
-static const char *rangematch(const char *, char, int);
-
-int
-fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags)
-{
-	const char *stringstart;
-	char c, test;
-
-	for (stringstart = string;;)
-		switch (c = *pattern++) {
-		case EOS:
-			if ((flags & FNM_LEADING_DIR) && *string == '/')
-				return (0);
-			return (*string == EOS ? 0 : FNM_NOMATCH);
-		case '?':
-			if (*string == EOS)
-				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
-			if (*string == '/' && (flags & FNM_PATHNAME))
-				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
-			if (*string == '.' && (flags & FNM_PERIOD) &&
-			    (string == stringstart ||
-			    ((flags & FNM_PATHNAME) && *(string - 1) == '/')))
-				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
-			++string;
-			break;
-		case '*':
-			c = *pattern;
-			/* Collapse multiple stars. */
-			while (c == '*')
-				c = *++pattern;
-
-			if (*string == '.' && (flags & FNM_PERIOD) &&
-			    (string == stringstart ||
-			    ((flags & FNM_PATHNAME) && *(string - 1) == '/')))
-				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
-
-			/* Optimize for pattern with * at end or before /. */
-			if (c == EOS)
-				if (flags & FNM_PATHNAME)
-					return ((flags & FNM_LEADING_DIR) ||
-					    strchr(string, '/') == NULL ?
-					    0 : FNM_NOMATCH);
-				else
-					return (0);
-			else if (c == '/' && flags & FNM_PATHNAME) {
-				string = strchr(string, '/');
-				if (string == NULL)
-					return (FNM_NOMATCH);
-				break;
-			}
-
-			/* General case, use recursion. */
-			while ((test = *string) != EOS) {
-				if (!fnmatch(pattern, string,
-					flags & ~FNM_PERIOD))
-					return (0);
-				if (test == '/' && flags & FNM_PATHNAME)
-					break;
-				++string;
-			}
-			return (FNM_NOMATCH);
-		case '[':
-			if (*string == EOS)
-				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
-			if (*string == '/' && flags & FNM_PATHNAME)
-				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
-			pattern = rangematch(pattern, *string, flags);
-			if (pattern == NULL)
-				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
-			++string;
-			break;
-		case '\\':
-			if (!(flags & FNM_NOESCAPE)) {
-				c = *pattern++;
-				if (c == EOS) {
-					c = '\\';
-					--pattern;
-				}
-			}
-			/* FALLTHROUGH */
-		default:
-			if (c == *string)
-				;
-			else if ((flags & FNM_CASEFOLD) &&
-				 (tolower((unsigned char)c) ==
-				  tolower((unsigned char)*string)))
-				;
-			else if ((flags & FNM_PREFIX_DIRS) && *string == EOS &&
-			     ((c == '/' && string != stringstart) ||
-			     (string == stringstart+1 && *stringstart == '/')))
-				return (0);
-			else
-				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
-			string++;
-			break;
-		}
-	/* NOTREACHED */
-}
-
-static const char *
-rangematch(const char *pattern, char test, int flags)
-{
-	int negate, ok;
-	char c, c2;
-
-	/*
-	 * A bracket expression starting with an unquoted circumflex
-	 * character produces unspecified results (IEEE 1003.2-1992,
-	 * 3.13.2).  This implementation treats it like '!', for
-	 * consistency with the regular expression syntax.
-	 * J.T. Conklin (conklin@ngai.kaleida.com)
-	 */
-	negate = (*pattern == '!' || *pattern == '^');
-	if (negate)
-		++pattern;
-
-	if (flags & FNM_CASEFOLD)
-		test = tolower((unsigned char)test);
-
-	for (ok = 0; (c = *pattern++) != ']';) {
-		if (c == '\\' && !(flags & FNM_NOESCAPE))
-			c = *pattern++;
-		if (c == EOS)
-			return (NULL);
-
-		if (flags & FNM_CASEFOLD)
-			c = tolower((unsigned char)c);
-
-		c2 = *(pattern + 1);
-		if (*pattern == '-' && c2 != EOS && c2 != ']') {
-			pattern += 2;
-			if (c2 == '\\' && !(flags & FNM_NOESCAPE))
-				c2 = *pattern++;
-			if (c2 == EOS)
-				return (NULL);
-
-			if (flags & FNM_CASEFOLD)
-				c2 = tolower((unsigned char)c2);
-
-			if ((unsigned char)c <= (unsigned char)test &&
-			    (unsigned char)test <= (unsigned char)c2)
-				ok = 1;
-		} else if (c == test)
-			ok = 1;
-	}
-	return (ok == negate ? NULL : pattern);
-}
diff --git a/lib/eal/windows/include/fnmatch.h b/lib/eal/windows/include/fnmatch.h
index c6b226bd5d..c9fc14cbcf 100644
--- a/lib/eal/windows/include/fnmatch.h
+++ b/lib/eal/windows/include/fnmatch.h
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
- * Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 1989, 1993, 1994
+ *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+ * Guido van Rossum.
  */
-
 #ifndef _FNMATCH_H_
 #define _FNMATCH_H_
 
-/**
- * This file is required to support the common code in eal_common_log.c
- * as Microsoft libc does not contain fnmatch.h. This may be removed in
- * future releases.
+/*
+ * Function fnmatch() as specified in POSIX 1003.2-1992, section B.6.
+ * Compares a filename or pathname to a pattern.
  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
 
-#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #define FNM_NOMATCH 1
 
@@ -25,6 +26,57 @@ extern "C" {
 #define FNM_CASEFOLD 0x10
 #define FNM_PREFIX_DIRS 0x20
 
+#define FNM_EOS	'\0'
+
+static inline const char *
+fnm_rangematch(const char *pattern, char test, int flags)
+{
+	int negate, ok;
+	char c, c2;
+
+	/*
+	 * A bracket expression starting with an unquoted circumflex
+	 * character produces unspecified results (IEEE 1003.2-1992,
+	 * 3.13.2).  This implementation treats it like '!', for
+	 * consistency with the regular expression syntax.
+	 * J.T. Conklin (conklin@ngai.kaleida.com)
+	 */
+	negate = (*pattern == '!' || *pattern == '^');
+	if (negate)
+		++pattern;
+
+	if (flags & FNM_CASEFOLD)
+		test = tolower((unsigned char)test);
+
+	for (ok = 0; (c = *pattern++) != ']';) {
+		if (c == '\\' && !(flags & FNM_NOESCAPE))
+			c = *pattern++;
+		if (c == FNM_EOS)
+			return (NULL);
+
+		if (flags & FNM_CASEFOLD)
+			c = tolower((unsigned char)c);
+
+		c2 = *(pattern + 1);
+		if (*pattern == '-' && c2 != FNM_EOS && c2 != ']') {
+			pattern += 2;
+			if (c2 == '\\' && !(flags & FNM_NOESCAPE))
+				c2 = *pattern++;
+			if (c2 == FNM_EOS)
+				return (NULL);
+
+			if (flags & FNM_CASEFOLD)
+				c2 = tolower((unsigned char)c2);
+
+			if ((unsigned char)c <= (unsigned char)test &&
+			    (unsigned char)test <= (unsigned char)c2)
+				ok = 1;
+		} else if (c == test)
+			ok = 1;
+	}
+	return (ok == negate ? NULL : pattern);
+}
+
 /**
  * This function is used for searching a given string source
  * with the given regular expression pattern.
@@ -41,10 +93,101 @@ extern "C" {
  * @return
  *	if the pattern is found then return 0 or else FNM_NOMATCH
  */
-int fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags);
+static inline int
+fnmatch(const char *pattern, const char *string, int flags)
+{
+	const char *stringstart;
+	char c, test;
+
+	for (stringstart = string;;)
+		switch (c = *pattern++) {
+		case FNM_EOS:
+			if ((flags & FNM_LEADING_DIR) && *string == '/')
+				return (0);
+			return (*string == FNM_EOS ? 0 : FNM_NOMATCH);
+		case '?':
+			if (*string == FNM_EOS)
+				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
+			if (*string == '/' && (flags & FNM_PATHNAME))
+				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
+			if (*string == '.' && (flags & FNM_PERIOD) &&
+			    (string == stringstart ||
+			    ((flags & FNM_PATHNAME) && *(string - 1) == '/')))
+				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
+			++string;
+			break;
+		case '*':
+			c = *pattern;
+			/* Collapse multiple stars. */
+			while (c == '*')
+				c = *++pattern;
+
+			if (*string == '.' && (flags & FNM_PERIOD) &&
+			    (string == stringstart ||
+			    ((flags & FNM_PATHNAME) && *(string - 1) == '/')))
+				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
+
+			/* Optimize for pattern with * at end or before /. */
+			if (c == FNM_EOS)
+				if (flags & FNM_PATHNAME)
+					return ((flags & FNM_LEADING_DIR) ||
+					    strchr(string, '/') == NULL ?
+					    0 : FNM_NOMATCH);
+				else
+					return (0);
+			else if (c == '/' && flags & FNM_PATHNAME) {
+				string = strchr(string, '/');
+				if (string == NULL)
+					return (FNM_NOMATCH);
+				break;
+			}
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
+			/* General case, use recursion. */
+			while ((test = *string) != FNM_EOS) {
+				if (!fnmatch(pattern, string,
+					flags & ~FNM_PERIOD))
+					return (0);
+				if (test == '/' && flags & FNM_PATHNAME)
+					break;
+				++string;
+			}
+			return (FNM_NOMATCH);
+		case '[':
+			if (*string == FNM_EOS)
+				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
+			if (*string == '/' && flags & FNM_PATHNAME)
+				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
+			pattern = fnm_rangematch(pattern, *string, flags);
+			if (pattern == NULL)
+				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
+			++string;
+			break;
+		case '\\':
+			if (!(flags & FNM_NOESCAPE)) {
+				c = *pattern++;
+				if (c == FNM_EOS) {
+					c = '\\';
+					--pattern;
+				}
+			}
+			/* FALLTHROUGH */
+		default:
+			if (c == *string)
+				;
+			else if ((flags & FNM_CASEFOLD) &&
+				 (tolower((unsigned char)c) ==
+				  tolower((unsigned char)*string)))
+				;
+			else if ((flags & FNM_PREFIX_DIRS) && *string == FNM_EOS &&
+			     ((c == '/' && string != stringstart) ||
+			     (string == stringstart+1 && *stringstart == '/')))
+				return (0);
+			else
+				return (FNM_NOMATCH);
+			string++;
+			break;
+		}
+	/* NOTREACHED */
 }
-#endif
 
 #endif /* _FNMATCH_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/eal/windows/meson.build b/lib/eal/windows/meson.build
index 845e406ca1..e4b2427610 100644
--- a/lib/eal/windows/meson.build
+++ b/lib/eal/windows/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ sources += files(
         'eal_mp.c',
         'eal_thread.c',
         'eal_timer.c',
-        'fnmatch.c',
         'getopt.c',
         'rte_thread.c',
 )
