diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/Makefile b/drivers/bus/dpaa/Makefile
index 248c024..dfc2717 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ CFLAGS += -Wno-cast-qual
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_BUS_DPAA)/
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_BUS_DPAA)/include
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_BUS_DPAA)/base/qbman
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/include
 
 # versioning export map
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile b/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile
index de53ce1..68c1f3f 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/pci/$(SYSTEM)
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/$(SYSTEM)app/eal
 
 # memseg walk is not part of stable API yet
 CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vmbus/Makefile b/drivers/bus/vmbus/Makefile
index 0d99e71..8f3ec7a 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vmbus/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/bus/vmbus/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/vmbus/$(SYSTEM)
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/$(SYSTEM)app/eal
 
 LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mbuf -lrte_mempool -lrte_ring
 LDLIBS += -lrte_ethdev
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam_jr/Makefile b/drivers/crypto/caam_jr/Makefile
index b078453..cecfbbd 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam_jr/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam_jr/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/crypto/caam_jr
 #sharing the hw flib headers from dpaa2_sec pmd
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/include
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal
 
 # versioning export map
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_caam_jr_version.map
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/Makefile b/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/Makefile
index 63dbe85..9c6657e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc/qbman/include
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc/mc
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc/portal
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal
 
 # versioning export map
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_dpaa2_sec_version.map
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/Makefile b/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/Makefile
index aa214c0..1d8b7be 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/
 #sharing the hw flib headers from dpaa2_sec pmd
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/include
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal
 LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mbuf -lrte_mempool -lrte_ring
 LDLIBS += -lrte_cryptodev
 
diff --git a/drivers/event/dpaa/Makefile b/drivers/event/dpaa/Makefile
index 9b3d6ba..cf96264 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dpaa/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/event/dpaa/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/dpaa
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/mempool/dpaa
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/include
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/include
 
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_dpaa_event_version.map
 
diff --git a/drivers/event/dpaa2/Makefile b/drivers/event/dpaa2/Makefile
index e245682..470157f 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dpaa2/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/event/dpaa2/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc/mc
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc/portal
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/mempool/dpaa2
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/event/dpaa2
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal
 LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_eventdev
 LDLIBS += -lrte_bus_fslmc -lrte_mempool_dpaa2 -lrte_pmd_dpaa2
 LDLIBS += -lrte_bus_vdev
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/Makefile b/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/Makefile
index 5f3e4ea..c1df78a 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ CFLAGS += -O3
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc/qbman/include
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal
 
 # versioning export map
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_mempool_dpaa2_version.map
diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa/Makefile b/drivers/net/dpaa/Makefile
index 5b8e7f8..4fb16bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/mempool/dpaa
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/event/dpaa
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/include
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/include
 
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_dpaa_version.map
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa2/Makefile b/drivers/net/dpaa2/Makefile
index 947fb98..c7262ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa2/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa2/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc/qbman/include
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc/mc
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc/portal
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/mempool/dpaa2
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal
 
 # versioning export map
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_dpaa2_version.map
diff --git a/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/Makefile b/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/Makefile
index 5c75f5f..1611439 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/raw/dpaa2_qdma/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 CFLAGS += -O3
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
 
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/drivers/bus/fslmc/qbman/include
 
