diff --git a/app/pdump/Makefile b/app/pdump/Makefile
index bd3c20819..e6b9eea91 100644
--- a/app/pdump/Makefile
+++ b/app/pdump/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PDUMP),y)
 
 APP = dpdk-pdump
 
-CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
 
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
diff --git a/app/pdump/meson.build b/app/pdump/meson.build
index 116c27f02..7bb908e04 100644
--- a/app/pdump/meson.build
+++ b/app/pdump/meson.build
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
 
 sources = files('main.c')
-allow_experimental_apis = true
 deps += ['ethdev', 'kvargs', 'pdump']
diff --git a/app/proc-info/Makefile b/app/proc-info/Makefile
index 9e87f524d..214f3f54a 100644
--- a/app/proc-info/Makefile
+++ b/app/proc-info/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 
 APP = dpdk-procinfo
 
-CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
 
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
diff --git a/app/proc-info/meson.build b/app/proc-info/meson.build
index 866b390d6..f050c4a9b 100644
--- a/app/proc-info/meson.build
+++ b/app/proc-info/meson.build
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
 
 sources = files('main.c')
-allow_experimental_apis = true
 deps += ['ethdev', 'metrics', 'security']
diff --git a/drivers/net/kni/Makefile b/drivers/net/kni/Makefile
index 562e8d2da..01eaef056 100644
--- a/drivers/net/kni/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/kni/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ LIB = librte_pmd_kni.a
 
 CFLAGS += -O3
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
-CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 LDLIBS += -lpthread
 LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mbuf -lrte_mempool -lrte_ring
 LDLIBS += -lrte_ethdev -lrte_net -lrte_kvargs -lrte_kni
diff --git a/drivers/net/kni/meson.build b/drivers/net/kni/meson.build
index 0f784c6d5..e3b2d83b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/kni/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/kni/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 
 # this driver can be built if-and-only-if KNI library is buildable
 build = dpdk_conf.has('RTE_LIBRTE_KNI')
-allow_experimental_apis = true
 sources = files('rte_eth_kni.c')
 deps += 'kni'
diff --git a/examples/multi_process/hotplug_mp/Makefile b/examples/multi_process/hotplug_mp/Makefile
index 1fd7aa085..3ff74d52a 100644
--- a/examples/multi_process/hotplug_mp/Makefile
+++ b/examples/multi_process/hotplug_mp/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ SRCS-y := main.c commands.c
 
 CFLAGS += -O3
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
-CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.extapp.mk
diff --git a/examples/tep_termination/Makefile b/examples/tep_termination/Makefile
index 2da41922f..deaf61fb5 100644
--- a/examples/tep_termination/Makefile
+++ b/examples/tep_termination/Makefile
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ CFLAGS += -O3 $(shell pkg-config --cflags libdpdk)
 LDFLAGS_SHARED = $(shell pkg-config --libs libdpdk)
 LDFLAGS_STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic $(shell pkg-config --static --libs libdpdk)
 
-CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
-
 build/$(APP)-shared: $(SRCS-y) Makefile $(PC_FILE) | build
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SRCS-y) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SHARED)
 
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ $(error This application can only operate in a linux environment, \
 please change the definition of the RTE_TARGET environment variable)
 endif
 
-CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 CFLAGS += -O3
 CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
 
diff --git a/examples/tep_termination/meson.build b/examples/tep_termination/meson.build
index a75cc7100..e6e5073fb 100644
--- a/examples/tep_termination/meson.build
+++ b/examples/tep_termination/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ if not is_linux
 	build = false
 endif
 deps += ['hash', 'vhost']
-allow_experimental_apis = true
 sources = files(
 	'main.c', 'vxlan.c', 'vxlan_setup.c'
 )
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
index 0ec42d828..824b8f926 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_dev.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int cmp_dev_name(const struct rte_device *dev, const void *_name)
 	return strcmp(dev->name, name);
 }
 
-int __rte_experimental
+int
 rte_dev_is_probed(const struct rte_device *dev)
 {
 	/* The field driver should be set only when the probe is successful. */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
index 1cbac4228..8c2744fab 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
@@ -114,14 +114,14 @@ rte_eal_cpu_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-unsigned int __rte_experimental
+unsigned int
 rte_socket_count(void)
 {
 	const struct rte_config *config = rte_eal_get_configuration();
 	return config->numa_node_count;
 }
 
-int __rte_experimental
+int
 rte_socket_id_by_idx(unsigned int idx)
 {
 	const struct rte_config *config = rte_eal_get_configuration();
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
index 14f206c04..c91aba8f9 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static void *rte_thread_init(void *arg)
 	return start_routine(routine_arg);
 }
 
-__rte_experimental int
+int
 rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
 		const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 		void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
index 0d5e25b50..56dd52ad9 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ struct rte_device {
 };
 
 /**
- * @warning
- * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
- *
  * Query status of a device.
  *
  * @param dev
@@ -121,7 +118,6 @@ struct rte_device {
  * @return
  *   (int)true if already probed successfully, 0 otherwise.
  */
-__rte_experimental
 int rte_dev_is_probed(const struct rte_device *dev);
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
index 833433229..f9288666e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ int rte_eal_iopl_init(void);
 int rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv);
 
 /**
- * @warning
- * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
- *
  * Clean up the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL)
  *
  * This function must be called to release any internal resources that EAL has
@@ -187,7 +184,7 @@ int rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv);
  * @return 0 Successfully released all internal EAL resources
  * @return -EFAULT There was an error in releasing all resources.
  */
-int __rte_experimental rte_eal_cleanup(void);
+int rte_eal_cleanup(void);
 
 /**
  * Check if a primary process is currently alive
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
index dea17f500..be757a32e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_lcore.h
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ unsigned rte_socket_id(void);
  * @return
  *   the number of physical sockets as recognized by EAL
  */
-unsigned int __rte_experimental
+unsigned int
 rte_socket_count(void);
 
 /**
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ rte_socket_count(void);
  *   - physical socket id as recognized by EAL
  *   - -1 on error, with errno set to EINVAL
  */
-int __rte_experimental
+int
 rte_socket_id_by_idx(unsigned int idx);
 
 /**
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name);
  *   On success, returns 0; on error, it returns a negative value
  *   corresponding to the error number.
  */
-__rte_experimental int
+int
 rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
 		const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 		void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c
index f7ae62d7b..161399619 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ mark_freeable(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl, const struct rte_memseg *ms,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int __rte_experimental
+int
 rte_eal_cleanup(void)
 {
 	/* if we're in a primary process, we need to mark hugepages as freeable
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 18d02017c..245493461 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ DPDK_18.11 {
 DPDK_19.05 {
 	global:
 
+	rte_ctrl_thread_create;
+	rte_dev_is_probed;
 	rte_devargs_add;
 	rte_devargs_dump;
 	rte_devargs_insert;
@@ -279,6 +281,9 @@ DPDK_19.05 {
 	rte_devargs_parsef;
 	rte_devargs_remove;
 	rte_devargs_type_count;
+	rte_eal_cleanup;
+	rte_socket_count;
+	rte_socket_id_by_idx;
 
 } DPDK_18.11;
 
@@ -289,7 +294,6 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_class_find_by_name;
 	rte_class_register;
 	rte_class_unregister;
-	rte_ctrl_thread_create;
 	rte_delay_us_sleep;
 	rte_dev_dma_map;
 	rte_dev_dma_unmap;
@@ -300,10 +304,8 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_dev_event_monitor_stop;
 	rte_dev_hotplug_handle_disable;
 	rte_dev_hotplug_handle_enable;
-	rte_dev_is_probed;
 	rte_dev_iterator_init;
 	rte_dev_iterator_next;
-	rte_eal_cleanup;
 	rte_extmem_attach;
 	rte_extmem_detach;
 	rte_extmem_register;
@@ -376,6 +378,4 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_service_lcore_attr_get;
 	rte_service_lcore_attr_reset_all;
 	rte_service_may_be_active;
-	rte_socket_count;
-	rte_socket_id_by_idx;
 };
