diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
index 369c7a5d50..4cbcd71414 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
@@ -61,16 +61,12 @@ endif
 DPDK_INC := -I$(DPDK_INC_DIR)
 
 DPDK_LIB_LIST = rte_eal rte_mempool rte_ring rte_mbuf rte_bus_pci rte_pci rte_mempool_ring
+DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_telemetry rte_kvargs
 
 ifeq ($(OS),Linux)
 DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_power rte_ethdev rte_net
 endif
 
-# DPDK 20.05 eal dependency
-ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_telemetry.*))
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_telemetry
-endif
-
 # There are some complex dependencies when using crypto, reduce or both so
 # here we add the feature specific ones and set a flag to add the common
 # ones after that.
@@ -85,21 +81,13 @@ else
 ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_crypto_aesni_mb.*))
 # PMD name for DPDK 21.08 and earlier
 DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_crypto_aesni_mb
-else
-# PMD name for DPDK 20.08 and earlier
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_pmd_aesni_mb
 endif
 endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_REDUCE),y)
 DPDK_FRAMEWORK=y
-ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_compress_isal.*))
 DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_compress_isal
-else
-# PMD name for DPDK 20.08 and earlier
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_pmd_isal
-endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_REDUCE_MLX5),y)
 DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_common_mlx5 rte_compress_mlx5
 # Introduced in DPDK 21.08
@@ -111,16 +99,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(DPDK_FRAMEWORK),y)
 DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_cryptodev rte_compressdev rte_bus_vdev
-ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_common_qat.*))
 DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_common_qat
-else
-# PMD name for DPDK 20.08 and earlier
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_pmd_qat
-endif
-endif
-
-ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_kvargs.*))
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_kvargs
 endif
 
 LINK_HASH=n