diff --git a/app/test-pmd/macswap.c b/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
index 74e2dd838..d82b39523 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/macswap.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "testpmd.h"
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 #include "macswap_sse.h"
-#elif defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON)
+#elif defined(__ARM__NEON)
 #include "macswap_neon.h"
 #else
 #include "macswap.h"
diff --git a/config/arm/meson.build b/config/arm/meson.build
index 8728051d5..42c0c34a5 100644
--- a/config/arm/meson.build
+++ b/config/arm/meson.build
@@ -208,20 +208,14 @@ message(machine_args)
 
 if (cc.get_define('__ARM_NEON', args: machine_args) != '' or
     cc.get_define('__aarch64__', args: machine_args) != '')
-	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON', 1)
 	compile_time_cpuflags += ['RTE_CPUFLAG_NEON']
 endif
 
 if cc.get_define('__ARM_FEATURE_CRC32', args: machine_args) != ''
-	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_CRC32', 1)
 	compile_time_cpuflags += ['RTE_CPUFLAG_CRC32']
 endif
 
 if cc.get_define('__ARM_FEATURE_CRYPTO', args: machine_args) != ''
-	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_AES', 1)
-	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_PMULL', 1)
-	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_SHA1', 1)
-	dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_SHA2', 1)
 	compile_time_cpuflags += ['RTE_CPUFLAG_AES', 'RTE_CPUFLAG_PMULL',
 	'RTE_CPUFLAG_SHA1', 'RTE_CPUFLAG_SHA2']
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
index 0f065bbc0..c74467e06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -3960,7 +3960,7 @@ ixgbe_dev_supported_ptypes_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	    dev->rx_pkt_burst == ixgbe_recv_pkts_bulk_alloc)
 		return ptypes;
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(__ARM_NEON)
 	if (dev->rx_pkt_burst == ixgbe_recv_pkts_vec ||
 	    dev->rx_pkt_burst == ixgbe_recv_scattered_pkts_vec)
 		return ptypes;
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h
index 67055431f..2cf06099e 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #define RTE_LOGTYPE_L3FWD RTE_LOGTYPE_USER1
 
-#if !defined(NO_HASH_MULTI_LOOKUP) && defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON)
+#if !defined(NO_HASH_MULTI_LOOKUP) && defined(__ARM_NEON)
 #define NO_HASH_MULTI_LOOKUP 1
 #endif
 
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em.c b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em.c
index 78181a640..c529dcd3e 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "l3fwd.h"
 #include "l3fwd_event.h"
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_CRC32)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(__ARM_FEATURE_CRC32)
 #define EM_HASH_CRC 1
 #endif
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ em_mask_key(void *key, xmm_t mask)
 
 	return _mm_and_si128(data, mask);
 }
-#elif defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON)
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON)
 static inline xmm_t
 em_mask_key(void *key, xmm_t mask)
 {
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ em_get_ipv6_dst_port(void *ipv6_hdr, uint16_t portid, void *lookup_struct)
 	return (ret < 0) ? portid : ipv6_l3fwd_out_if[ret];
 }
 
-#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON
+#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined __ARM_NEON
 #if defined(NO_HASH_MULTI_LOOKUP)
 #include "l3fwd_em_sequential.h"
 #else
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ em_main_loop(__rte_unused void *dummy)
 			if (nb_rx == 0)
 				continue;
 
-#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON
+#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined __ARM_NEON
 			l3fwd_em_send_packets(nb_rx, pkts_burst,
 							portid, qconf);
 #else
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ em_event_loop_single(struct l3fwd_event_resources *evt_rsrc,
 
 		struct rte_mbuf *mbuf = ev.mbuf;
 
-#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON
+#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined __ARM_NEON
 		mbuf->port = em_get_dst_port(lconf, mbuf, mbuf->port);
 		process_packet(mbuf, &mbuf->port);
 #else
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ em_event_loop_burst(struct l3fwd_event_resources *evt_rsrc,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON
+#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined __ARM_NEON
 		l3fwd_em_process_events(nb_deq, (struct rte_event **)&events,
 					lconf);
 #else
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em_hlm.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em_hlm.h
index 79812716c..278707c18 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em_hlm.h
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em_hlm.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #if defined RTE_ARCH_X86
 #include "l3fwd_sse.h"
 #include "l3fwd_em_hlm_sse.h"
-#elif defined RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON
+#elif defined __ARM_NEON
 #include "l3fwd_neon.h"
 #include "l3fwd_em_hlm_neon.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em_sequential.h b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em_sequential.h
index b231b9994..6170052cf 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em_sequential.h
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_em_sequential.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #if defined RTE_ARCH_X86
 #include "l3fwd_sse.h"
-#elif defined RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON
+#elif defined __ARM_NEON
 #include "l3fwd_neon.h"
 #endif
 
diff --git a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_lpm.c b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_lpm.c
index 91eb74272..3dcf1fef1 100644
--- a/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_lpm.c
+++ b/examples/l3fwd/l3fwd_lpm.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ lpm_get_dst_port_with_ipv4(const struct lcore_conf *qconf, struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 #include "l3fwd_lpm_sse.h"
-#elif defined RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON
+#elif defined __ARM_NEON
 #include "l3fwd_lpm_neon.h"
 #elif defined(RTE_ARCH_PPC_64)
 #include "l3fwd_lpm_altivec.h"
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ lpm_main_loop(__rte_unused void *dummy)
 			if (nb_rx == 0)
 				continue;
 
-#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON \
+#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined __ARM_NEON \
 			 || defined RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
 			l3fwd_lpm_send_packets(nb_rx, pkts_burst,
 						portid, qconf);
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ lpm_process_event_pkt(const struct lcore_conf *lconf, struct rte_mbuf *mbuf)
 {
 	mbuf->port = lpm_get_dst_port(lconf, mbuf, mbuf->port);
 
-#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON \
+#if defined RTE_ARCH_X86 || defined __ARM_NEON \
 	|| defined RTE_ARCH_PPC_64
 	process_packet(mbuf, &mbuf->port);
 #else
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_memcpy_32.h b/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_memcpy_32.h
index eb02c3b41..fb3245b59 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_memcpy_32.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/arm/include/rte_memcpy_32.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #ifdef RTE_ARCH_ARM_NEON_MEMCPY
 
-#ifndef RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON
+#ifndef __ARM_NEON
 #error "Cannot optimize memcpy by NEON as the CPU seems to not support this"
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c b/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c
index 7c7ab84af..aad0c965b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c
+++ b/lib/librte_hash/rte_cuckoo_hash.c
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ compare_signatures(uint32_t *prim_hash_matches, uint32_t *sec_hash_matches,
 					(__m128i const *)sec_bkt->sig_current),
 				_mm_set1_epi16(sig)));
 		break;
-#elif defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON)
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON)
 	case RTE_HASH_COMPARE_NEON: {
 		uint16x8_t vmat, vsig, x;
 		int16x8_t shift = {-15, -13, -11, -9, -7, -5, -3, -1};
diff --git a/lib/librte_hash/rte_hash_crc.h b/lib/librte_hash/rte_hash_crc.h
index cf28031b3..3e131aa6b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_hash/rte_hash_crc.h
+++ b/lib/librte_hash/rte_hash_crc.h
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ crc32c_sse42_u64(uint64_t data, uint64_t init_val)
 
 static uint8_t crc32_alg = CRC32_SW;
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64) && defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_CRC32)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64) && defined(__ARM_FEATURE_CRC32)
 #include "rte_crc_arm64.h"
 #else
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_hash/rte_thash.h b/lib/librte_hash/rte_thash.h
index 51b512946..061efa2ae 100644
--- a/lib/librte_hash/rte_thash.h
+++ b/lib/librte_hash/rte_thash.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <rte_ip.h>
 #include <rte_common.h>
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(__ARM_NEON)
 #include <rte_vect.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ rte_thash_load_v6_addrs(const struct rte_ipv6_hdr *orig,
 	ipv6 = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)orig->dst_addr);
 	*(__m128i *)targ->v6.dst_addr =
 			_mm_shuffle_epi8(ipv6, rte_thash_ipv6_bswap_mask);
-#elif defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON)
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON)
 	uint8x16_t ipv6 = vld1q_u8((uint8_t const *)orig->src_addr);
 	vst1q_u8((uint8_t *)targ->v6.src_addr, vrev32q_u8(ipv6));
 	ipv6 = vld1q_u8((uint8_t const *)orig->dst_addr);
diff --git a/lib/librte_member/rte_member.h b/lib/librte_member/rte_member.h
index ab2b23217..c0689e233 100644
--- a/lib/librte_member/rte_member.h
+++ b/lib/librte_member/rte_member.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ typedef uint16_t member_set_t;
 #define RTE_MEMBER_NAMESIZE 32
 
 /** @internal Hash function used by membership library. */
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_CRC32)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(__ARM_FEATURE_CRC32)
 #include <rte_hash_crc.h>
 #define MEMBER_HASH_FUNC       rte_hash_crc
 #else
diff --git a/lib/librte_net/rte_net_crc.c b/lib/librte_net/rte_net_crc.c
index 56a0ed129..4f5b9e828 100644
--- a/lib/librte_net/rte_net_crc.c
+++ b/lib/librte_net/rte_net_crc.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86_64) && defined(__PCLMUL__)
 #define X86_64_SSE42_PCLMULQDQ     1
-#elif defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64) && defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_PMULL)
+#elif defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64) && defined(__ARM_FEATURE_CRYPTO)
 #define ARM64_NEON_PMULL           1
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_node/ip4_lookup.c b/lib/librte_node/ip4_lookup.c
index 8e6379457..293c77f39 100644
--- a/lib/librte_node/ip4_lookup.c
+++ b/lib/librte_node/ip4_lookup.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct ip4_lookup_node_main {
 
 static struct ip4_lookup_node_main ip4_lookup_nm;
 
-#if defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON)
+#if defined(__ARM_NEON)
 #include "ip4_lookup_neon.h"
 #elif defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 #include "ip4_lookup_sse.h"
diff --git a/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c b/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
index 0fa074166..75be8b6bd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
+++ b/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #ifdef RTE_ARCH_X86
 #define SCHED_VECTOR_SSE4
-#elif defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON)
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON)
 #define SCHED_VECTOR_NEON
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_table/rte_lru_arm64.h b/lib/librte_table/rte_lru_arm64.h
index b45e9d03c..add889a57 100644
--- a/lib/librte_table/rte_lru_arm64.h
+++ b/lib/librte_table/rte_lru_arm64.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <rte_vect.h>
 
 #ifndef RTE_TABLE_HASH_LRU_STRATEGY
-#ifdef RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_NEON
+#ifdef __ARM_NEON
 #define RTE_TABLE_HASH_LRU_STRATEGY                        3
 #else /* if no NEON, use simple scalar version */
 #define RTE_TABLE_HASH_LRU_STRATEGY                        1
diff --git a/lib/librte_table/rte_table_hash_func.h b/lib/librte_table/rte_table_hash_func.h
index 350c79564..c4c35cc06 100644
--- a/lib/librte_table/rte_table_hash_func.h
+++ b/lib/librte_table/rte_table_hash_func.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ rte_crc32_u64(uint64_t crc, uint64_t v)
 	return _mm_crc32_u64(crc, v);
 }
 
-#elif defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64) && defined(RTE_MACHINE_CPUFLAG_CRC32)
+#elif defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64) && defined(__ARM_FEATURE_CRC32)
 #include "rte_table_hash_func_arm64.h"
 #else
 
