diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index 4c75587d0..a10bc40bb 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -3104,7 +3104,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PDUMP
 	/* initialize packet capture framework */
-	rte_pdump_init(NULL);
+	rte_pdump_init();
 #endif
 
 	count = 0;
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_lib.rst
index ed3c15e58..afb5b3411 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_lib.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pdump_lib.rst
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ or disable the packet capture, and to uninitialize it:
 * ``rte_pdump_uninit()``:
   This API uninitializes the packet capture framework.
 
-* ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir()``:
-  This API sets the server and client socket paths.
-  Note: This API is not thread-safe.
-
 
 Operation
 ---------
@@ -60,8 +56,8 @@ enabling or disabling the packet capture.
 Implementation Details
 ----------------------
 
-The library API ``rte_pdump_init()``, initializes the packet capture framework by creating the pthread and the server
-socket. The server socket in the pthread context will be listening to the client requests to enable or disable the
+The library API ``rte_pdump_init()``, initializes the packet capture framework by creating the pdump server by calling
+``rte_mp_action_register()`` function. The server will listen to the client requests to enable or disable the
 packet capture.
 
 The library APIs ``rte_pdump_enable()`` and ``rte_pdump_enable_by_deviceid()`` enables the packet capture.
@@ -82,12 +78,6 @@ received from the server, the client socket is closed.
 The library API ``rte_pdump_uninit()``, uninitializes the packet capture framework by closing the pthread and the
 server socket.
 
-The library API ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir()``, sets the given path as either server socket path
-or client socket path based on the ``type`` argument of the API.
-If the given path is ``NULL``, default path will be selected, i.e. either ``/var/run/.dpdk`` for root user or ``~/.dpdk``
-for non root user. Clients also need to call this API to set their server socket path if the server socket
-path is different from default path.
-
 
 Use Case: Packet Capturing
 --------------------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 34b28234c..586bf98c5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -48,10 +48,3 @@ Deprecation Notices
   PMDs that implement the latter.
   Target release for removal of the legacy API will be defined once most
   PMDs have switched to rte_flow.
-
-* pdump: As we changed to use generic IPC, some changes in APIs and structure
-  are expected in subsequent release.
-
-  - ``rte_pdump_set_socket_dir`` will be removed;
-  - The parameter, ``path``, of ``rte_pdump_init`` will be removed;
-  - The enum ``rte_pdump_socktype`` will be removed.
diff --git a/lib/librte_pdump/Makefile b/lib/librte_pdump/Makefile
index b241151dc..89593689a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pdump/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_pdump/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mempool -lrte_mbuf -lrte_ethdev
 
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_pdump_version.map
 
-LIBABIVER := 2
+LIBABIVER := 3
 
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PDUMP) := rte_pdump.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_pdump/meson.build b/lib/librte_pdump/meson.build
index be80904b9..b4b4f26c5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pdump/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_pdump/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
-version = 2
+version = 3
 sources = files('rte_pdump.c')
 headers = files('rte_pdump.h')
 allow_experimental_apis = true
diff --git a/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c b/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c
index 6c3a88581..4f38ac58b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ pdump_server(const struct rte_mp_msg *mp_msg, const void *peer)
 }
 
 int
-rte_pdump_init(const char *path __rte_unused)
+rte_pdump_init(void)
 {
 	return rte_mp_action_register(PDUMP_MP, pdump_server);
 }
@@ -616,10 +616,3 @@ rte_pdump_disable_by_deviceid(char *device_id, uint16_t queue,
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
-int
-rte_pdump_set_socket_dir(const char *path __rte_unused,
-			 enum rte_pdump_socktype type __rte_unused)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.h b/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.h
index 673a2b070..6b00fc17a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.h
+++ b/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump.h
@@ -29,25 +29,16 @@ enum {
 	RTE_PDUMP_FLAG_RXTX = (RTE_PDUMP_FLAG_RX|RTE_PDUMP_FLAG_TX)
 };
 
-enum rte_pdump_socktype {
-	RTE_PDUMP_SOCKET_SERVER = 1,
-	RTE_PDUMP_SOCKET_CLIENT = 2
-};
-
 /**
  * Initialize packet capturing handling
  *
  * Register the IPC action for communication with target (primary) process.
  *
- * @param path
- * This parameter is going to be deprecated; it was used for specifying the
- * directory path for server socket.
- *
  * @return
  *    0 on success, -1 on error
  */
 int
-rte_pdump_init(const char *path);
+rte_pdump_init(void);
 
 /**
  * Un initialize packet capturing handling
@@ -162,29 +153,6 @@ int
 rte_pdump_disable_by_deviceid(char *device_id, uint16_t queue,
 				uint32_t flags);
 
-/**
- * @deprecated
- * Allows applications to set server and client socket paths.
- * If specified path is null default path will be selected, i.e.
- *"/var/run/" for root user and "$HOME" for non root user.
- * Clients also need to call this API to set their server path if the
- * server path is different from default path.
- * This API is not thread-safe.
- *
- * @param path
- * directory path for server or client socket.
- * @param type
- * specifies RTE_PDUMP_SOCKET_SERVER if socket path is for server.
- * (or)
- * specifies RTE_PDUMP_SOCKET_CLIENT if socket path is for client.
- *
- * @return
- * 0 on success, -EINVAL on error
- *
- */
-__rte_deprecated int
-rte_pdump_set_socket_dir(const char *path, enum rte_pdump_socktype type);
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump_version.map b/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump_version.map
index edec99a41..3e744f301 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_pdump/rte_pdump_version.map
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ DPDK_16.07 {
 	rte_pdump_enable;
 	rte_pdump_enable_by_deviceid;
 	rte_pdump_init;
-	rte_pdump_set_socket_dir;
 	rte_pdump_uninit;
 
 	local: *;
