diff --git a/drivers/compress/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/compress/mlx5/meson.build
index df4f79fa7e..c906f2d7a2 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/mlx5/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/compress/mlx5/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ if not is_linux
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-fmt_name = 'mlx5_compress'
 deps += ['common_mlx5', 'eal', 'compressdev']
 if not dpdk_conf.has('RTE_COMMON_MLX5')
     # avoid referencing undefined variables from common/mlx5
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/mlx5/meson.build
index 7e32095695..a830a4c7b9 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/mlx5/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/mlx5/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ if not (is_linux or is_windows)
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-fmt_name = 'mlx5_crypto'
 deps += ['common_mlx5', 'eal', 'cryptodev']
 if not dpdk_conf.has('RTE_COMMON_MLX5')
     # avoid referencing undefined variables from common/mlx5
diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/sfc/meson.build b/drivers/vdpa/sfc/meson.build
index b55f9cd691..933f3f18f3 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/sfc/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/sfc/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ if ((arch_subdir != 'x86' or not dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64')) and
     reason = 'only supported on x86_64 and aarch64'
 endif
 
-fmt_name = 'sfc_vdpa'
 extra_flags = []
 
 foreach flag: extra_flags