diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
index 1921612154..fd389ac0d3 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
@@ -7268,8 +7268,6 @@ static void cmd_dump_parsed(void *parsed_result,
 		rte_dump_physmem_layout(stdout);
 	else if (!strcmp(res->dump, "dump_memzone"))
 		rte_memzone_dump(stdout);
-	else if (!strcmp(res->dump, "dump_log_history"))
-		rte_log_dump_history(stdout);
 	else if (!strcmp(res->dump, "dump_struct_sizes"))
 		dump_struct_sizes();
 	else if (!strcmp(res->dump, "dump_ring"))
@@ -7284,7 +7282,6 @@ cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_dump_dump =
 	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_dump_result, dump,
 		"dump_physmem#"
 		"dump_memzone#"
-		"dump_log_history#"
 		"dump_struct_sizes#"
 		"dump_ring#"
 		"dump_mempool#"
diff --git a/app/test/autotest_data.py b/app/test/autotest_data.py
index 78d2edd5fa..6c87809ea8 100644
--- a/app/test/autotest_data.py
+++ b/app/test/autotest_data.py
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@ def per_sockets(num):
 		 "Func" :	default_autotest,
 		 "Report" :	None,
 		},
-		{
-		 "Name" :	"Dump log history",
-		 "Command" :	"dump_log_history",
-		 "Func" :	dump_autotest,
-		 "Report" :	None,
-		},
 		{
 		 "Name" :	"Dump rings",
 		 "Command" :	"dump_ring",
diff --git a/app/test/autotest_test_funcs.py b/app/test/autotest_test_funcs.py
index b60b9413de..14cffd0145 100644
--- a/app/test/autotest_test_funcs.py
+++ b/app/test/autotest_test_funcs.py
@@ -144,16 +144,11 @@ def logs_autotest(child, test_name):
 	i = 0
 	child.sendline(test_name)
 
-	# logs sequence is printed twice because of history dump
 	log_list = [
 		"TESTAPP1: error message",
 		"TESTAPP1: critical message",
 		"TESTAPP2: critical message",
 		"TESTAPP1: error message",
-		"TESTAPP1: error message",
-		"TESTAPP1: critical message",
-		"TESTAPP2: critical message",
-		"TESTAPP1: error message",
 	]
 
 	for log_msg in log_list:
diff --git a/app/test/commands.c b/app/test/commands.c
index e0af8e4192..2df46b054e 100644
--- a/app/test/commands.c
+++ b/app/test/commands.c
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ static void cmd_dump_parsed(void *parsed_result,
 		rte_dump_physmem_layout(stdout);
 	else if (!strcmp(res->dump, "dump_memzone"))
 		rte_memzone_dump(stdout);
-	else if (!strcmp(res->dump, "dump_log_history"))
-		rte_log_dump_history(stdout);
 	else if (!strcmp(res->dump, "dump_struct_sizes"))
 		dump_struct_sizes();
 	else if (!strcmp(res->dump, "dump_ring"))
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@ static void cmd_dump_parsed(void *parsed_result,
 
 cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_dump_dump =
 	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_dump_result, dump,
-				 "dump_physmem#dump_memzone#dump_log_history#"
+				 "dump_physmem#dump_memzone#"
 				 "dump_struct_sizes#dump_ring#dump_mempool#"
 				 "dump_devargs");
 
diff --git a/app/test/test_logs.c b/app/test/test_logs.c
index 05aa862c70..d0a9962369 100644
--- a/app/test/test_logs.c
+++ b/app/test/test_logs.c
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ test_logs(void)
 	RTE_LOG(ERR, TESTAPP1, "error message\n");
 	RTE_LOG(ERR, TESTAPP2, "error message (not displayed)\n");
 
-	/* print again the previous logs */
-	rte_log_dump_history(stdout);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/mempool_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/mempool_lib.rst
index 5fae79abb5..c3afc2edf0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/mempool_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/mempool_lib.rst
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ In the DPDK, it is identified by name and uses a ring to store free objects.
 It provides some other optional services such as a per-core object cache and
 an alignment helper to ensure that objects are padded to spread them equally on all DRAM or DDR3 channels.
 
-This library is used by the
-:ref:`Mbuf Library <Mbuf_Library>` and the
-:ref:`Environment Abstraction Layer <Environment_Abstraction_Layer>` (for logging history).
+This library is used by the :ref:`Mbuf Library <Mbuf_Library>`.
 
 Cookies
 -------
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index ad05ebabaf..bda40c1b1e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ API and ABI deprecation notices are to be posted here.
 Deprecation Notices
 -------------------
 
+* The log history is deprecated.
+  It is voided in 16.07 and will be removed in release 16.11.
+
 * The ethdev hotplug API is going to be moved to EAL with a notification
   mechanism added to crypto and ethdev libraries so that hotplug is now
   available to both of them. This API will be stripped of the device arguments
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
index 9054ad61e6..474651bdec 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(SRCDIR)/include
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_eal/common/include
 CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_ring
-CFLAGS += -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_mempool
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS) -O3
 
 LDLIBS += -lexecinfo
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_debug.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_debug.c
index 907fbfa7b8..5fbc17c599 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_debug.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_debug.c
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ void __rte_panic(const char *funcname, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
-	/* disable history */
-	rte_log_set_history(0);
-
 	rte_log(RTE_LOG_CRIT, RTE_LOGTYPE_EAL, "PANIC in %s():\n", funcname);
 	va_start(ap, format);
 	rte_vlog(RTE_LOG_CRIT, RTE_LOGTYPE_EAL, format, ap);
@@ -98,9 +95,6 @@ rte_exit(int exit_code, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
-	/* disable history */
-	rte_log_set_history(0);
-
 	if (exit_code != 0)
 		RTE_LOG(CRIT, EAL, "Error - exiting with code: %d\n"
 				"  Cause: ", exit_code);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c
index b5e37bb435..7916c781f8 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_log.c
@@ -31,54 +31,16 @@
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-#include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/queue.h>
 
 #include <rte_log.h>
-#include <rte_memory.h>
-#include <rte_memzone.h>
-#include <rte_launch.h>
-#include <rte_common.h>
-#include <rte_cycles.h>
-#include <rte_eal.h>
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_lcore.h>
-#include <rte_atomic.h>
-#include <rte_debug.h>
-#include <rte_spinlock.h>
-#include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
-#include <rte_ring.h>
-#include <rte_mempool.h>
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 
-#define LOG_ELT_SIZE     2048
-
-#define LOG_HISTORY_MP_NAME "log_history"
-
-STAILQ_HEAD(log_history_list, log_history);
-
-/**
- * The structure of a message log in the log history.
- */
-struct log_history {
-	STAILQ_ENTRY(log_history) next;
-	unsigned size;
-	char buf[0];
-};
-
-static struct rte_mempool *log_history_mp = NULL;
-static unsigned log_history_size = 0;
-static struct log_history_list log_history;
-
 /* global log structure */
 struct rte_logs rte_logs = {
 	.type = ~0,
@@ -86,10 +48,7 @@ struct rte_logs rte_logs = {
 	.file = NULL,
 };
 
-static rte_spinlock_t log_dump_lock = RTE_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;
-static rte_spinlock_t log_list_lock = RTE_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;
 static FILE *default_log_stream;
-static int history_enabled = 1;
 
 /**
  * This global structure stores some informations about the message
@@ -106,59 +65,16 @@ static RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(struct log_cur_msg, log_cur_msg);
 /* default logs */
 
 int
-rte_log_add_in_history(const char *buf, size_t size)
+rte_log_add_in_history(const char *buf __rte_unused, size_t size __rte_unused)
 {
-	struct log_history *hist_buf = NULL;
-	static const unsigned hist_buf_size = LOG_ELT_SIZE - sizeof(*hist_buf);
-	void *obj;
-
-	if (history_enabled == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	rte_spinlock_lock(&log_list_lock);
-
-	/* get a buffer for adding in history */
-	if (log_history_size > RTE_LOG_HISTORY) {
-		hist_buf = STAILQ_FIRST(&log_history);
-		if (hist_buf) {
-			STAILQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&log_history, next);
-			log_history_size--;
-		}
-	}
-	else {
-		if (rte_mempool_mc_get(log_history_mp, &obj) < 0)
-			obj = NULL;
-		hist_buf = obj;
-	}
-
-	/* no buffer */
-	if (hist_buf == NULL) {
-		rte_spinlock_unlock(&log_list_lock);
-		return -ENOBUFS;
-	}
-
-	/* not enough room for msg, buffer go back in mempool */
-	if (size >= hist_buf_size) {
-		rte_mempool_mp_put(log_history_mp, hist_buf);
-		rte_spinlock_unlock(&log_list_lock);
-		return -ENOBUFS;
-	}
-
-	/* add in history */
-	memcpy(hist_buf->buf, buf, size);
-	hist_buf->buf[size] = hist_buf->buf[hist_buf_size-1] = '\0';
-	hist_buf->size = size;
-	STAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&log_history, hist_buf, next);
-	log_history_size++;
-	rte_spinlock_unlock(&log_list_lock);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void
 rte_log_set_history(int enable)
 {
-	history_enabled = enable;
+	if (enable)
+		RTE_LOG(WARNING, EAL, "The log history is deprecated.\n");
 }
 
 /* Change the stream that will be used by logging system */
@@ -217,44 +133,8 @@ int rte_log_cur_msg_logtype(void)
 
 /* Dump log history to file */
 void
-rte_log_dump_history(FILE *out)
+rte_log_dump_history(FILE *out __rte_unused)
 {
-	struct log_history_list tmp_log_history;
-	struct log_history *hist_buf;
-	unsigned i;
-
-	/* only one dump at a time */
-	rte_spinlock_lock(&log_dump_lock);
-
-	/* save list, and re-init to allow logging during dump */
-	rte_spinlock_lock(&log_list_lock);
-	tmp_log_history = log_history;
-	STAILQ_INIT(&log_history);
-	log_history_size = 0;
-	rte_spinlock_unlock(&log_list_lock);
-
-	for (i=0; i<RTE_LOG_HISTORY; i++) {
-
-		/* remove one message from history list */
-		hist_buf = STAILQ_FIRST(&tmp_log_history);
-
-		if (hist_buf == NULL)
-			break;
-
-		STAILQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&tmp_log_history, next);
-
-		/* write on stdout */
-		if (fwrite(hist_buf->buf, hist_buf->size, 1, out) == 0) {
-			rte_mempool_mp_put(log_history_mp, hist_buf);
-			break;
-		}
-
-		/* put back message structure in pool */
-		rte_mempool_mp_put(log_history_mp, hist_buf);
-	}
-	fflush(out);
-
-	rte_spinlock_unlock(&log_dump_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -297,29 +177,11 @@ rte_log(uint32_t level, uint32_t logtype, const char *format, ...)
 }
 
 /*
- * called by environment-specific log init function to initialize log
- * history
+ * called by environment-specific log init function
  */
 int
 rte_eal_common_log_init(FILE *default_log)
 {
-	STAILQ_INIT(&log_history);
-
-	/* reserve RTE_LOG_HISTORY*2 elements, so we can dump and
-	 * keep logging during this time */
-	log_history_mp = rte_mempool_create(LOG_HISTORY_MP_NAME, RTE_LOG_HISTORY*2,
-				LOG_ELT_SIZE, 0, 0,
-				NULL, NULL,
-				NULL, NULL,
-				SOCKET_ID_ANY, MEMPOOL_F_NO_PHYS_CONTIG);
-
-	if ((log_history_mp == NULL) &&
-	    ((log_history_mp = rte_mempool_lookup(LOG_HISTORY_MP_NAME)) == NULL)){
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): cannot create log_history mempool\n",
-			__func__);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	default_log_stream = default_log;
 	rte_openlog_stream(default_log);
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
index 2342fa16ca..857dc3eaa4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_private.h
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ int rte_eal_memzone_init(void);
 /**
  * Common log initialization function (private to eal).
  *
- * Called by environment-specific log initialization function to initialize
- * log history.
- *
  * @param default_log
  *   The default log stream to be used.
  * @return
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_log.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_log.h
index 2e47e7f697..b1add04c7a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_log.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_log.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
  * This file provides a log API to RTE applications.
  */
 
+#include "rte_common.h" /* for __rte_deprecated macro */
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -179,22 +181,27 @@ int rte_log_cur_msg_loglevel(void);
 int rte_log_cur_msg_logtype(void);
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated
  * Enable or disable the history (enabled by default)
  *
  * @param enable
  *   true to enable, or 0 to disable history.
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 void rte_log_set_history(int enable);
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated
  * Dump the log history to a file
  *
  * @param f
  *   A pointer to a file for output
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 void rte_log_dump_history(FILE *f);
 
 /**
+ * @deprecated
  * Add a log message to the history.
  *
  * This function can be called from a user-defined log stream. It adds
@@ -209,6 +216,7 @@ void rte_log_dump_history(FILE *f);
  *   - 0: Success.
  *   - (-ENOBUFS) if there is no room to store the message.
  */
+__rte_deprecated
 int rte_log_add_in_history(const char *buf, size_t size);
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_debug.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_debug.c
index 907fbfa7b8..5fbc17c599 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_debug.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_debug.c
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ void __rte_panic(const char *funcname, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
-	/* disable history */
-	rte_log_set_history(0);
-
 	rte_log(RTE_LOG_CRIT, RTE_LOGTYPE_EAL, "PANIC in %s():\n", funcname);
 	va_start(ap, format);
 	rte_vlog(RTE_LOG_CRIT, RTE_LOGTYPE_EAL, format, ap);
@@ -98,9 +95,6 @@ rte_exit(int exit_code, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
 
-	/* disable history */
-	rte_log_set_history(0);
-
 	if (exit_code != 0)
 		RTE_LOG(CRIT, EAL, "Error - exiting with code: %d\n"
 				"  Cause: ", exit_code);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_log.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_log.c
index 0b133c3ed8..d3911004c3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_log.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_log.c
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
 #include "eal_private.h"
 
 /*
- * default log function, used once mempool (hence log history) is
- * available
+ * default log function
  */
 static ssize_t
 console_log_write(__attribute__((unused)) void *c, const char *buf, size_t size)
@@ -60,9 +59,6 @@ console_log_write(__attribute__((unused)) void *c, const char *buf, size_t size)
 	ssize_t ret;
 	uint32_t loglevel;
 
-	/* add this log in history */
-	rte_log_add_in_history(buf, size);
-
 	/* write on stdout */
 	ret = fwrite(buf, 1, size, stdout);
 	fflush(stdout);
@@ -110,8 +106,7 @@ rte_eal_log_init(const char *id, int facility)
 /* early logs */
 
 /*
- * early log function, used during boot when mempool (hence log
- * history) is not available
+ * early log function, used before rte_eal_log_init
  */
 static ssize_t
 early_log_write(__attribute__((unused)) void *c, const char *buf, size_t size)
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
index b54de438a9..22a564570d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
@@ -1003,7 +1003,6 @@ void rte_mempool_check_cookies(const struct rte_mempool *mp,
 
 		if (free == 0) {
 			if (cookie != RTE_MEMPOOL_HEADER_COOKIE1) {
-				rte_log_set_history(0);
 				RTE_LOG(CRIT, MEMPOOL,
 					"obj=%p, mempool=%p, cookie=%" PRIx64 "\n",
 					obj, (const void *) mp, cookie);
@@ -1012,7 +1011,6 @@ void rte_mempool_check_cookies(const struct rte_mempool *mp,
 			hdr->cookie = RTE_MEMPOOL_HEADER_COOKIE2;
 		} else if (free == 1) {
 			if (cookie != RTE_MEMPOOL_HEADER_COOKIE2) {
-				rte_log_set_history(0);
 				RTE_LOG(CRIT, MEMPOOL,
 					"obj=%p, mempool=%p, cookie=%" PRIx64 "\n",
 					obj, (const void *) mp, cookie);
@@ -1022,7 +1020,6 @@ void rte_mempool_check_cookies(const struct rte_mempool *mp,
 		} else if (free == 2) {
 			if (cookie != RTE_MEMPOOL_HEADER_COOKIE1 &&
 			    cookie != RTE_MEMPOOL_HEADER_COOKIE2) {
-				rte_log_set_history(0);
 				RTE_LOG(CRIT, MEMPOOL,
 					"obj=%p, mempool=%p, cookie=%" PRIx64 "\n",
 					obj, (const void *) mp, cookie);
@@ -1032,7 +1029,6 @@ void rte_mempool_check_cookies(const struct rte_mempool *mp,
 		tlr = __mempool_get_trailer(obj);
 		cookie = tlr->cookie;
 		if (cookie != RTE_MEMPOOL_TRAILER_COOKIE) {
-			rte_log_set_history(0);
 			RTE_LOG(CRIT, MEMPOOL,
 				"obj=%p, mempool=%p, cookie=%" PRIx64 "\n",
 				obj, (const void *) mp, cookie);