diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
index ee1552452a..e8c178241f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ bnxt_receive_function(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	if (bp->ieee_1588)
 		goto use_scalar_rx;
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) && defined(CC_AVX2_SUPPORT)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 	if (rte_vect_get_max_simd_bitwidth() >= RTE_VECT_SIMD_256 &&
 	    rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX2) == 1) {
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO,
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ bnxt_transmit_function(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	    BNXT_TRUFLOW_EN(bp) || bp->ieee_1588)
 		goto use_scalar_tx;
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) && defined(CC_AVX2_SUPPORT)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 	if (rte_vect_get_max_simd_bitwidth() >= RTE_VECT_SIMD_256 &&
 	    rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX2) == 1) {
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO,
@@ -3019,7 +3019,7 @@ static const struct {
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 	{bnxt_recv_pkts_vec,		"Vector SSE"},
 #endif
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) && defined(CC_AVX2_SUPPORT)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 	{bnxt_recv_pkts_vec_avx2,	"Vector AVX2"},
 #endif
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
@@ -3053,7 +3053,7 @@ static const struct {
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 	{bnxt_xmit_pkts_vec,		"Vector SSE"},
 #endif
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) && defined(CC_AVX2_SUPPORT)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 	{bnxt_xmit_pkts_vec_avx2,	"Vector AVX2"},
 #endif
 #if defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.h b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.h
index 8e722b7bf0..af53bc0c25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxr.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ uint16_t bnxt_recv_pkts_vec(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 int bnxt_rxq_vec_setup(struct bnxt_rx_queue *rxq);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) && defined(CC_AVX2_SUPPORT)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 uint16_t bnxt_recv_pkts_vec_avx2(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
 				 uint16_t nb_pkts);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_txr.h b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_txr.h
index 8e391ee58a..e64ea2c7d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_txr.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_txr.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ uint16_t bnxt_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 uint16_t bnxt_xmit_pkts_vec(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 			    uint16_t nb_pkts);
 #endif
-#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) && defined(CC_AVX2_SUPPORT)
+#if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86)
 uint16_t bnxt_xmit_pkts_vec_avx2(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 				 uint16_t nb_pkts);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/meson.build b/drivers/net/bnxt/meson.build
index c223a21002..1f9ce51f43 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/meson.build
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ subdir('hcapi/cfa')
 
 if arch_subdir == 'x86'
     sources += files('bnxt_rxtx_vec_sse.c')
-    cflags += ['-DCC_AVX2_SUPPORT']
     # build AVX2 code with instruction set explicitly enabled for runtime selection
     bnxt_avx2_lib = static_library('bnxt_avx2_lib',
             'bnxt_rxtx_vec_avx2.c',
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
index b4f65b58fa..63fef1a5ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
@@ -3216,15 +3216,9 @@ get_avx_supported(bool request_avx512)
 #endif
 	} else {
 		if (rte_vect_get_max_simd_bitwidth() >= RTE_VECT_SIMD_256 &&
-		rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX2) == 1 &&
-		rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX512F) == 1)
-#ifdef CC_AVX2_SUPPORT
+				rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX2) == 1 &&
+				rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX512F) == 1)
 			return true;
-#else
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(NOTICE,
-			"AVX2 is not supported in build env");
-		return false;
-#endif
 	}
 
 	return false;
@@ -3608,7 +3602,7 @@ i40e_set_default_pctype_table(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	}
 }
 
-#ifndef CC_AVX2_SUPPORT
+#ifndef RTE_ARCH_X86
 uint16_t
 i40e_recv_pkts_vec_avx2(void __rte_unused *rx_queue,
 			struct rte_mbuf __rte_unused **rx_pkts,
@@ -3632,4 +3626,4 @@ i40e_xmit_pkts_vec_avx2(void __rte_unused * tx_queue,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-#endif /* ifndef CC_AVX2_SUPPORT */
+#endif /* ifndef RTE_ARCH_X86 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build b/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build
index 46600520e1..f8827e4995 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ if arch_subdir == 'x86'
         cflags += ['-fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables']
     endif
 
-    cflags += ['-DCC_AVX2_SUPPORT']
     i40e_avx2_lib = static_library('i40e_avx2_lib',
             'i40e_rxtx_vec_avx2.c',
             dependencies: [static_rte_ethdev, static_rte_kvargs, static_rte_hash],
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_common.h b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_common.h
index ddb13ce8c3..25f22d7267 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_rxtx_vec_common.h
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ iavf_txd_enable_offload(__rte_unused struct rte_mbuf *tx_pkt,
 	*txd_hi |= ((uint64_t)td_cmd) << IAVF_TXD_QW1_CMD_SHIFT;
 }
 
-#ifdef CC_AVX2_SUPPORT
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_X86
 static __rte_always_inline void
 iavf_rxq_rearm_common(struct iavf_rx_queue *rxq, __rte_unused bool avx512)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/meson.build b/drivers/net/iavf/meson.build
index ff949ef92b..a6ce2725c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/meson.build
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ if arch_subdir == 'x86'
         cflags += ['-fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables']
     endif
 
-    cflags += ['-DCC_AVX2_SUPPORT']
     iavf_avx2_lib = static_library('iavf_avx2_lib',
             'iavf_rxtx_vec_avx2.c',
             dependencies: [static_rte_ethdev, static_rte_kvargs, static_rte_hash],
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/meson.build b/drivers/net/ice/meson.build
index 98288f6ac0..a957fc5d3a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/meson.build
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ if arch_subdir == 'x86'
         cflags += ['-fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables']
     endif
 
-    cflags += ['-DCC_AVX2_SUPPORT']
     ice_avx2_lib = static_library('ice_avx2_lib',
             'ice_rxtx_vec_avx2.c',
             dependencies: [static_rte_ethdev, static_rte_kvargs, static_rte_hash],
diff --git a/lib/acl/meson.build b/lib/acl/meson.build
index 87f19757a8..9cba08321a 100644
--- a/lib/acl/meson.build
+++ b/lib/acl/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ headers = files('rte_acl.h', 'rte_acl_osdep.h')
 if dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_X86')
     sources += files('acl_run_sse.c')
 
-    cflags += '-DCC_AVX2_SUPPORT'
     avx2_tmplib = static_library('avx2_tmp',
             'acl_run_avx2.c',
             dependencies: static_rte_eal,
diff --git a/lib/acl/rte_acl.c b/lib/acl/rte_acl.c
index a61c3ba188..4182006d1d 100644
--- a/lib/acl/rte_acl.c
+++ b/lib/acl/rte_acl.c
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ rte_acl_classify_avx512x32(__rte_unused const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifndef CC_AVX2_SUPPORT
+#ifndef RTE_ARCH_X86
 /*
- * If the compiler doesn't support AVX2 instructions,
- * then the dummy one would be used instead for AVX2 classify method.
+ * If ISA doesn't have AVX2 or SSE, provide dummy fallbacks
  */
 int
 rte_acl_classify_avx2(__rte_unused const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
@@ -56,9 +55,6 @@ rte_acl_classify_avx2(__rte_unused const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 {
 	return -ENOTSUP;
 }
-#endif
-
-#ifndef RTE_ARCH_X86
 int
 rte_acl_classify_sse(__rte_unused const struct rte_acl_ctx *ctx,
 	__rte_unused const uint8_t **data,
@@ -182,7 +178,7 @@ acl_check_alg_x86(enum rte_acl_classify_alg alg)
 	}
 
 	if (alg == RTE_ACL_CLASSIFY_AVX2) {
-#ifdef CC_AVX2_SUPPORT
+#ifdef RTE_ARCH_X86
 		if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX2) &&
 				rte_vect_get_max_simd_bitwidth() >= RTE_VECT_SIMD_256)
 			return 0;
