diff --git a/drivers/event/sw/Makefile b/drivers/event/sw/Makefile
index 81236a392..c6600e836 100644
--- a/drivers/event/sw/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/event/sw/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 LIB = librte_pmd_sw_event.a
 
 # build flags
-CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 CFLAGS += -O3
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
 # for older GCC versions, allow us to initialize an event using
diff --git a/drivers/event/sw/meson.build b/drivers/event/sw/meson.build
index 30d221647..985012219 100644
--- a/drivers/event/sw/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/sw/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
-allow_experimental_apis = true
 sources = files('sw_evdev_scheduler.c',
 	'sw_evdev_selftest.c',
 	'sw_evdev_worker.c',
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_service.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_service.h
index bf25aec35..d8701dd4c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_service.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_service.h
@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ int32_t rte_service_runstate_set(uint32_t id, uint32_t runstate);
 int32_t rte_service_runstate_get(uint32_t id);
 
 /**
- * @warning
- * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change, or be removed, without prior notice
- *
  * This function returns whether the service may be currently executing on
  * at least one lcore, or definitely is not. This function can be used to
  * determine if, after setting the service runstate to stopped, the service
@@ -178,7 +175,7 @@ int32_t rte_service_runstate_get(uint32_t id);
  * @retval 0 Service is not running on any lcore
  * @retval -EINVAL Invalid service id
  */
-int32_t __rte_experimental
+int32_t
 rte_service_may_be_active(uint32_t id);
 
 /**
@@ -389,9 +386,6 @@ int32_t rte_service_attr_reset_all(uint32_t id);
 #define RTE_SERVICE_LCORE_ATTR_LOOPS 0
 
 /**
- * @warning
- * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
- *
  * Get an attribute from a service core.
  *
  * @param lcore Id of the service core.
@@ -401,14 +395,11 @@ int32_t rte_service_attr_reset_all(uint32_t id);
  *         -EINVAL Invalid lcore, attr_id or attr_value was NULL.
  *         -ENOTSUP lcore is not a service core.
  */
-int32_t __rte_experimental
+int32_t
 rte_service_lcore_attr_get(uint32_t lcore, uint32_t attr_id,
 			   uint64_t *attr_value);
 
 /**
- * @warning
- * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
- *
  * Reset all attribute values of a service core.
  *
  * @param lcore The service core to reset all the statistics of
@@ -416,7 +407,7 @@ rte_service_lcore_attr_get(uint32_t lcore, uint32_t attr_id,
  *         -EINVAL Invalid service id provided
  *         -ENOTSUP lcore is not a service core.
  */
-int32_t __rte_experimental
+int32_t
 rte_service_lcore_attr_reset_all(uint32_t lcore);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c
index 5f75e5a53..c3653ebae 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_service.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ service_run(uint32_t i, int lcore, struct core_state *cs, uint64_t service_mask)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int32_t __rte_experimental
+int32_t
 rte_service_may_be_active(uint32_t id)
 {
 	uint32_t ids[RTE_MAX_LCORE] = {0};
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ rte_service_attr_get(uint32_t id, uint32_t attr_id, uint64_t *attr_value)
 	}
 }
 
-int32_t __rte_experimental
+int32_t
 rte_service_lcore_attr_get(uint32_t lcore, uint32_t attr_id,
 			   uint64_t *attr_value)
 {
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ rte_service_attr_reset_all(uint32_t id)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int32_t __rte_experimental
+int32_t
 rte_service_lcore_attr_reset_all(uint32_t lcore)
 {
 	struct core_state *cs;
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 824edf0ff..fc26b9503 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ DPDK_19.08 {
 
 	rte_lcore_index;
 	rte_lcore_to_socket_id;
+	rte_service_lcore_attr_get;
+	rte_service_lcore_attr_reset_all;
+	rte_service_may_be_active;
 
 } DPDK_19.05;
 
@@ -383,9 +386,6 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_mp_sendmsg;
 	rte_option_register;
 	rte_realloc_socket;
-	rte_service_lcore_attr_get;
-	rte_service_lcore_attr_reset_all;
-	rte_service_may_be_active;
 
 	# added in 19.08
 	rte_lcore_cpuset;
