diff --git a/buildtools/gen-pmdinfo-cfile.sh b/buildtools/gen-pmdinfo-cfile.sh
index a042375a8..fe88e627e 100755
--- a/buildtools/gen-pmdinfo-cfile.sh
+++ b/buildtools/gen-pmdinfo-cfile.sh
@@ -30,16 +30,12 @@
 #   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
 #   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-input=$1
+
+arfile=$1
 output=$2
 pmdinfogen=$3
-CFLAGS=$4
-build_root=$5
 
-tmp_o=${output%.c.pmd.o}.o
-tmp_c=${output%.o}.c
+tmp_o=${output%.c.pmd.c}.tmp.o
 
-set -x
-cc -Wfatal-errors $CFLAGS -I$build_root -include rte_config.h -c $input -o $tmp_o && \
-		$pmdinfogen $tmp_o $tmp_c && \
-		cc -c $tmp_c -o $output
+ar p $arfile > $tmp_o && \
+		$pmdinfogen $tmp_o $output
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build b/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build
index e1c3e17a9..7d103868d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build
@@ -60,20 +60,19 @@ install_headers('rte_pmd_i40e.h')
 
 pmdinfogen_srcs = run_command('grep', '--files-with-matches',
 		'RTE_PMD_REGISTER_.*(.*)', sources).stdout().strip().split()
-objs = []
 foreach src: pmdinfogen_srcs
-	out_filename = '@0@.pmd.o'.format(src.split('/')[-1])
-	pmd_o_file = custom_target(out_filename,
-			command: [pmdinfo, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@',
-			pmdinfogen.full_path(),
-			' '.join(dpdk_includes + i40e_cflags + ['-march=@0@'.format(machine)]),
-			meson.build_root()],
-			input: src, output: out_filename,
-			depends: pmdinfogen)
-	objs += pmd_o_file
+	out_filename = '@0@.pmd.c'.format(src.split('/')[-1])
+	tmp_lib = static_library('tmp_@0@'.format(src.underscorify()),
+		src, include_directories: include_directories('base'),
+		dependencies: deps,
+		c_args: i40e_cflags)
+	sources += custom_target(out_filename,
+			command: [pmdinfo, tmp_lib.full_path(), '@OUTPUT@', pmdinfogen],
+			output: out_filename,
+			depends: [pmdinfogen, tmp_lib])
 endforeach
 
-i40e_lib = library('rte_pmd_i40e', sources, objs,
+i40e_lib = library('rte_pmd_i40e', sources,
 	include_directories: include_directories('base'),
 	dependencies: deps,
 	link_with: base_lib,
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/meson.build
index 1df28d507..008a719b8 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/meson.build
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 eal_inc += include_directories('include')
-dpdk_includes += '-I@0@/include'.format(meson.current_source_dir())
 install_subdir('include/exec-env', install_dir: 'include')
 
 sources = ['eal_alarm.c',
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/meson.build
index 0bf3ee94d..863d7e4bb 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/meson.build
@@ -30,5 +30,4 @@
 #   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 eal_inc += include_directories(arch_subdir)
-dpdk_includes += '-I@0@/@1@'.format(meson.current_source_dir(), arch_subdir)
 subdir(arch_subdir)
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/meson.build
index 6d61c8003..e92c4eb7c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/meson.build
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 eal_inc += include_directories('.')
-dpdk_includes += '-I@0@'.format(meson.current_source_dir())
 
 common_headers = [
 	'rte_alarm.h',
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/meson.build
index f8547a8a4..79fcff42f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/meson.build
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 eal_inc += include_directories('include')
-dpdk_includes += '-I@0@/include'.format(meson.current_source_dir())
 install_subdir('include/exec-env', install_dir: 'include')
 
 sources = ['eal_alarm.c',
diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index 0af9eb706..d628fd0ff 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -35,12 +35,9 @@ subdir('librte_eal')
 # process all libraries equally, as far as possible
 libs = ['ring', 'mempool', 'cmdline', 'mbuf', 'net', 'ether', 'compat', 'hash', 'kvargs']
 foreach l:libs
-
 	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_LIBRTE_@0@'.format(l.to_upper()),1)
 	subdir('librte_@0@'.format(l))
 	dpdk_libraries = [lib] + dpdk_libraries
-	dpdk_includes += '-I@0@/librte_@1@'.format(meson.current_source_dir(), l)
-
 endforeach
 
 #subdir('librte_ring')
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 717ec070d..daadf7235 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ endif
 # able to be included in any file. We also store a global array of include dirs
 # for passing to pmdinfogen scripts
 global_inc = include_directories('.', 'config')
-dpdk_includes = ['-I@0@'.format(meson.current_source_dir()),
-		'-I@0@/config'.format(meson.current_source_dir())]
 subdir('config')
 
 # now build libs and drivers
