[v3,6/8] build: reduce driver dependencies

diff --git a/drivers/baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec/meson.build b/drivers/baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec/meson.build
index c3678d23eb..31b9e92fbb 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/baseband/fpga_5gnr_fec/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation
 
-deps += ['bus_vdev', 'ring', 'pci', 'bus_pci']
+deps += ['bus_vdev', 'bus_pci']
 
 sources = files('rte_fpga_5gnr_fec.c')
 
diff --git a/drivers/baseband/fpga_lte_fec/meson.build b/drivers/baseband/fpga_lte_fec/meson.build
index 14e07826ef..fbf24755db 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/fpga_lte_fec/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/baseband/fpga_lte_fec/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation
 
-deps += ['bus_vdev', 'ring', 'pci', 'bus_pci']
+deps += ['bus_vdev', 'bus_pci']
 sources = files('fpga_lte_fec.c')
diff --git a/drivers/baseband/la12xx/meson.build b/drivers/baseband/la12xx/meson.build
index 7b7e41c961..e1dbdd0fa7 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/la12xx/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/baseband/la12xx/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright 2020-2021 NXP
 
-deps += ['bus_vdev', 'ring']
+deps += ['bus_vdev']
 
 sources = files('bbdev_la12xx.c')
diff --git a/drivers/baseband/null/meson.build b/drivers/baseband/null/meson.build
index 22863f0bd8..716d6c6fdb 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/null/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/baseband/null/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2018 Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
 
-deps += ['bus_vdev', 'ring']
+deps += ['bus_vdev']
 sources = files('bbdev_null.c')
diff --git a/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/meson.build b/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/meson.build
index a9035a753e..ac18e8a9b6 100644
--- a/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/baseband/turbo_sw/meson.build
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@  if dep_dec5g.found()
     cflags += ['-DRTE_BBDEV_SDK_AVX512']
 endif
 
-deps += ['bus_vdev', 'ring']
+deps += ['bus_vdev']
 sources = files('bbdev_turbo_software.c')
diff --git a/drivers/bus/auxiliary/meson.build b/drivers/bus/auxiliary/meson.build
index 10468fd130..a113f11743 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/auxiliary/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/auxiliary/meson.build
@@ -13,5 +13,3 @@  if is_linux
 endif
 
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
-
-deps += ['kvargs']
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/meson.build b/drivers/bus/dpaa/meson.build
index 114e0a2265..d0ae5a9ff0 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  if not is_linux
     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
 endif
 
-deps += ['common_dpaax', 'eventdev']
+deps = ['common_dpaax', 'eventdev']
 sources = files(
         'base/fman/fman.c',
         'base/fman/fman_hw.c',
diff --git a/drivers/bus/fslmc/meson.build b/drivers/bus/fslmc/meson.build
index 162ca286fe..989a47c7a0 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/fslmc/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/fslmc/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  if not is_linux
     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
 endif
 
-deps += ['common_dpaax', 'eventdev', 'kvargs']
+deps = ['common_dpaax', 'eventdev']
 sources = files(
         'fslmc_bus.c',
         'fslmc_vfio.c',
diff --git a/drivers/bus/ifpga/meson.build b/drivers/bus/ifpga/meson.build
index dedc94db2d..e87b08eaf4 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/ifpga/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/ifpga/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@  if is_windows
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps += ['pci', 'kvargs', 'rawdev']
+deps = ['pci', 'rawdev']
 driver_sdk_headers += files('bus_ifpga_driver.h')
 sources = files('ifpga_bus.c')
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build b/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build
index fede114dc7..776c3d1550 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
-deps += ['pci']
+deps = ['pci']
 headers = files('rte_bus_pci.h')
 driver_sdk_headers = files('bus_pci_driver.h')
 sources = files('pci_common.c',
@@ -31,5 +31,3 @@  if is_windows
 endif
 
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
-
-deps += ['kvargs']
diff --git a/drivers/bus/platform/meson.build b/drivers/bus/platform/meson.build
index 8633cc4e75..2039c23ac6 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/platform/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/platform/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@  endif
 
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
 
-deps += ['kvargs']
 sources = files(
         'platform_params.c',
         'platform.c',
diff --git a/drivers/bus/uacce/meson.build b/drivers/bus/uacce/meson.build
index a659d65f23..130148a315 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/uacce/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/uacce/meson.build
@@ -8,5 +8,3 @@  endif
 
 sources = files('uacce.c')
 driver_sdk_headers += files('bus_uacce_driver.h')
-
-deps += ['kvargs']
diff --git a/drivers/bus/vdev/meson.build b/drivers/bus/vdev/meson.build
index 50f0c8918d..24993c88a3 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vdev/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/bus/vdev/meson.build
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@  headers = files('rte_bus_vdev.h')
 driver_sdk_headers = files('bus_vdev_driver.h')
 
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
-
-deps += ['kvargs']
diff --git a/drivers/common/cnxk/meson.build b/drivers/common/cnxk/meson.build
index e0e4600989..8ff080ee19 100644
--- a/drivers/common/cnxk/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/common/cnxk/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@  if not is_linux or not dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64')
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps = ['eal', 'pci', 'bus_pci', 'mbuf', 'security']
+deps = ['bus_pci', 'security']
 sources = files(
         'roc_ae.c',
         'roc_aes.c',
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@  sources += files('cnxk_telemetry_bphy.c',
                  'cnxk_telemetry_sso.c',
 )
 
-deps += ['bus_pci', 'net', 'telemetry']
+deps += ['bus_pci']
 
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
 
diff --git a/drivers/common/cpt/meson.build b/drivers/common/cpt/meson.build
index c09824a651..a4b000dc37 100644
--- a/drivers/common/cpt/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/common/cpt/meson.build
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@  endif
 
 sources = files('cpt_fpm_tables.c', 'cpt_pmd_ops_helper.c')
 
-deps = ['kvargs', 'pci', 'cryptodev']
+deps = ['pci', 'cryptodev']
 includes += include_directories('../../crypto/octeontx')
diff --git a/drivers/common/idpf/meson.build b/drivers/common/idpf/meson.build
index 80c8906f80..adf5430487 100644
--- a/drivers/common/idpf/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/common/idpf/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  endif
 
 includes += include_directories('../iavf')
 
-deps += ['mbuf']
+deps = ['mbuf']
 
 sources = files(
         'idpf_common_device.c',
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/common/mlx5/meson.build
index 1eefc02f06..b94c956495 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@  if is_windows and not is_ms_linker and not meson.is_cross_build()
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps += ['hash', 'pci', 'bus_pci', 'bus_auxiliary', 'net', 'eal', 'kvargs']
+deps += ['hash', 'bus_pci', 'bus_auxiliary']
 sources += files(
         'mlx5_devx_cmds.c',
         'mlx5_common.c',
diff --git a/drivers/compress/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/compress/mlx5/meson.build
index 26a0e0cd09..ddb9e0f82c 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/mlx5/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/compress/mlx5/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  if not is_linux
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps += ['common_mlx5', 'eal', 'compressdev']
+deps += ['common_mlx5', 'compressdev']
 if not dpdk_conf.has('RTE_COMMON_MLX5')
     # avoid referencing undefined variables from common/mlx5
     subdir_done()
diff --git a/drivers/compress/nitrox/meson.build b/drivers/compress/nitrox/meson.build
index 1becc66912..c3db4ac2bb 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/nitrox/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/compress/nitrox/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  if not is_linux
     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
 endif
 
-deps += ['common_nitrox', 'bus_pci', 'compressdev']
+deps += ['common_nitrox', 'compressdev']
 
 sources += files(
         'nitrox_comp.c',
diff --git a/drivers/compress/octeontx/meson.build b/drivers/compress/octeontx/meson.build
index 16f973f4d7..0ccde449e8 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/octeontx/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/compress/octeontx/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@  endif
 
 sources = files('otx_zip.c', 'otx_zip_pmd.c')
 includes += include_directories('include')
-deps += ['mempool_octeontx', 'bus_pci']
+deps += ['mempool_octeontx']
 ext_deps += dep
 
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/bcmfs/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/bcmfs/meson.build
index 5842f83a3b..678bab7398 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/bcmfs/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/bcmfs/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@  if is_windows
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps += ['eal', 'bus_vdev']
+deps += ['bus_vdev']
 sources = files(
         'bcmfs_logs.c',
         'bcmfs_device.c',
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/cnxk/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/cnxk/meson.build
index aa840fb7bb..c5a5725e1a 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/cnxk/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/cnxk/meson.build
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@  sources = files(
 )
 
 headers = files('rte_pmd_cnxk_crypto.h')
-deps += ['bus_pci', 'common_cnxk', 'security', 'eventdev']
+deps += ['common_cnxk', 'eventdev']
 includes += include_directories('../../../lib/net', '../../event/cnxk')
 
 if get_option('buildtype').contains('debug')
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/meson.build
index f87ad6c7e7..9efac952c4 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/dpaa_sec/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  if not is_linux
     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
 endif
 
-deps += ['bus_dpaa', 'mempool_dpaa', 'security']
+deps += ['mempool_dpaa', 'security']
 sources = files('dpaa_sec.c', 'dpaa_sec_raw_dp.c')
 
 includes += include_directories('../../bus/dpaa/include')
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ipsec_mb/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/ipsec_mb/meson.build
index 87bf965554..739cbd1b6e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/ipsec_mb/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/ipsec_mb/meson.build
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@  sources = files(
         'pmd_snow3g.c',
         'pmd_zuc.c',
 )
-deps += ['bus_vdev', 'net', 'security']
+deps += ['bus_vdev', 'security']
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/mlx5/meson.build
index d7bc8ec967..595053d8cd 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/mlx5/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/mlx5/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  if not (is_linux or is_windows)
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps += ['common_mlx5', 'eal', 'cryptodev']
+deps += ['common_mlx5', 'cryptodev']
 if not dpdk_conf.has('RTE_COMMON_MLX5')
     # avoid referencing undefined variables from common/mlx5
     subdir_done()
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/meson.build b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/meson.build
index f8887713d2..85e3ca2b28 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/nitrox/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/crypto/nitrox/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  if not is_linux
     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
 endif
 
-deps += ['common_nitrox', 'bus_pci', 'cryptodev']
+deps += ['common_nitrox', 'cryptodev']
 
 sources += files(
         'nitrox_sym.c',
diff --git a/drivers/dma/cnxk/meson.build b/drivers/dma/cnxk/meson.build
index 8ccc1c2cb7..738774d542 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/cnxk/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/dma/cnxk/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@  driver_sdk_headers = files(
         'cnxk_dma_event_dp.h',
 )
 
-deps += ['bus_pci', 'common_cnxk', 'dmadev', 'eventdev']
+deps += ['common_cnxk', 'eventdev']
 
 includes += include_directories('../../event/cnxk')
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dpaa/meson.build b/drivers/dma/dpaa/meson.build
index c31a6d91fe..fec4a45767 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dpaa/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/dma/dpaa/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  if not is_linux
     reason = 'only supported on linux'
 endif
 
-deps += ['dmadev', 'bus_dpaa']
+deps += ['bus_dpaa']
 sources = files('dpaa_qdma.c')
 
 if cc.has_argument('-Wno-pointer-arith')
diff --git a/drivers/dma/dpaa2/meson.build b/drivers/dma/dpaa2/meson.build
index a99151e2a5..2b5b76ec5f 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dpaa2/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/dma/dpaa2/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@  endif
 
 build = dpdk_conf.has('RTE_MEMPOOL_DPAA2')
 reason = 'missing dependency, DPDK DPAA2 mempool driver'
-deps += ['dmadev', 'bus_fslmc', 'mempool_dpaa2', 'ring', 'kvargs']
+deps += ['mempool_dpaa2']
 sources = files('dpaa2_qdma.c')
 
 if cc.has_argument('-Wno-pointer-arith')
diff --git a/drivers/dma/odm/meson.build b/drivers/dma/odm/meson.build
index d597762d37..959e7e685d 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/odm/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/dma/odm/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  if not is_linux or not dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64')
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps += ['bus_pci', 'dmadev', 'eal', 'mempool', 'pci']
+deps += ['bus_pci', 'dmadev', 'mempool']
 
 sources = files('odm_dmadev.c', 'odm.c')
 
diff --git a/drivers/dma/skeleton/meson.build b/drivers/dma/skeleton/meson.build
index 77055683ad..0d703a36eb 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/skeleton/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/dma/skeleton/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2021 HiSilicon Limited
 
-deps += ['dmadev', 'kvargs', 'ring', 'bus_vdev']
+deps += ['dmadev', 'ring', 'bus_vdev']
 sources = files(
         'skeleton_dmadev.c',
 )
diff --git a/drivers/event/cnxk/meson.build b/drivers/event/cnxk/meson.build
index e0e350570d..b365fff0cb 100644
--- a/drivers/event/cnxk/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/cnxk/meson.build
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@  foreach flag: extra_flags
 endforeach
 
 headers = files('rte_pmd_cnxk_eventdev.h')
-deps += ['bus_pci', 'common_cnxk', 'net_cnxk', 'crypto_cnxk', 'dma_cnxk']
+deps += ['net_cnxk', 'crypto_cnxk', 'dma_cnxk']
 
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
 
diff --git a/drivers/event/dlb2/meson.build b/drivers/event/dlb2/meson.build
index 515d1795fe..217abc174d 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dlb2/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/dlb2/meson.build
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@  endif
 
 headers = files('rte_pmd_dlb2.h')
 
-deps += ['mbuf', 'mempool', 'ring', 'pci', 'bus_pci']
+deps += ['bus_pci']
diff --git a/drivers/event/dpaa2/meson.build b/drivers/event/dpaa2/meson.build
index dd5063af43..7dae1da32b 100644
--- a/drivers/event/dpaa2/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/dpaa2/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@  if not is_linux
     build = false
     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
 endif
-deps += ['bus_vdev', 'net_dpaa2', 'crypto_dpaa2_sec']
+deps += ['net_dpaa2', 'crypto_dpaa2_sec']
 sources = files(
         'dpaa2_hw_dpcon.c',
         'dpaa2_eventdev.c',
diff --git a/drivers/event/octeontx/meson.build b/drivers/event/octeontx/meson.build
index eb17e059d8..1227b2e18d 100644
--- a/drivers/event/octeontx/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/octeontx/meson.build
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@  sources = files(
         'timvf_probe.c',
 )
 
-deps += ['common_octeontx', 'mempool_octeontx', 'bus_vdev', 'net_octeontx']
-deps += ['crypto_octeontx']
+deps = ['net_octeontx', 'crypto_octeontx']
diff --git a/drivers/event/sw/meson.build b/drivers/event/sw/meson.build
index 3a3ebd72a3..450969aa7a 100644
--- a/drivers/event/sw/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/sw/meson.build
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@  sources = files(
         'sw_evdev_xstats.c',
         'sw_evdev.c',
 )
-deps += ['hash', 'bus_vdev']
+deps += ['bus_vdev']
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/meson.build b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/meson.build
index e388cce26a..7bbed325df 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/meson.build
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@  sources = files(
 )
 
 headers = files('rte_pmd_cnxk_mempool.h')
-deps += ['eal', 'mbuf', 'kvargs', 'bus_pci', 'common_cnxk', 'mempool']
+deps = ['common_cnxk']
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/dpaa/meson.build b/drivers/mempool/dpaa/meson.build
index c4e9994b83..39fc312344 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/dpaa/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/mempool/dpaa/meson.build
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@  if not is_linux
     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
 endif
 
-deps += ['bus_dpaa']
+deps = ['bus_dpaa']
 sources = files('dpaa_mempool.c')
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/meson.build b/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/meson.build
index 3d16d44158..0099b20b97 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/mempool/dpaa2/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@  if not is_linux
     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
 endif
 
-deps += ['bus_fslmc']
+deps = ['bus_fslmc']
 sources = files('dpaa2_hw_mempool.c')
 
 headers = files('rte_dpaa2_mempool.h')
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/octeontx/meson.build b/drivers/mempool/octeontx/meson.build
index 3ccecac75d..f97bcf4a5a 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/octeontx/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/mempool/octeontx/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@  sources = files(
         'rte_mempool_octeontx.c',
 )
 
-deps += ['mbuf', 'bus_pci', 'common_octeontx']
+deps = ['mbuf', 'bus_pci', 'common_octeontx']
 
 require_iova_in_mbuf = false
diff --git a/drivers/net/cnxk/meson.build b/drivers/net/cnxk/meson.build
index 7bce80098a..f2f8f60f83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cnxk/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/cnxk/meson.build
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@  sources += files(
 endif
 endif
 
-deps += ['bus_pci', 'cryptodev', 'eventdev', 'security']
-deps += ['common_cnxk', 'mempool_cnxk']
+deps = ['eventdev', 'mempool_cnxk']
 
 # Allow implicit vector conversions and strict aliasing warning
 extra_flags = ['-flax-vector-conversions', '-Wno-strict-aliasing']
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/meson.build b/drivers/net/iavf/meson.build
index 83aebd5596..a96d9c0bc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/meson.build
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@  includes += include_directories('../../common/iavf')
 
 testpmd_sources = files('iavf_testpmd.c')
 
-deps += ['common_iavf', 'security', 'cryptodev']
+deps += ['common_iavf', 'security']
 
 sources = files(
         'iavf_ethdev.c',
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/meson.build b/drivers/net/ice/meson.build
index b7f2188e62..99344211cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@  sources = files(
 
 testpmd_sources = files('ice_testpmd.c')
 
-deps += ['hash', 'net', 'common_iavf']
+deps += ['hash', 'common_iavf']
 includes += include_directories('base', '../../common/iavf')
 
 if arch_subdir == 'x86'
diff --git a/drivers/net/mana/meson.build b/drivers/net/mana/meson.build
index 2d72eca5a8..c97f117fd7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mana/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/mana/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  if not is_linux or not dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_X86')
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps += ['pci', 'bus_pci', 'net', 'eal', 'kvargs']
+deps += ['bus_pci']
 
 sources += files(
         'gdma.c',
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
index b279ddf47c..ec679d11ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@  if not (is_linux or is_windows)
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps += ['hash', 'common_mlx5']
+deps += ['common_mlx5']
 if not dpdk_conf.has('RTE_COMMON_MLX5')
     # avoid referencing undefined variables from common/mlx5
     subdir_done()
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/meson.build b/drivers/net/sfc/meson.build
index 5adde68517..820ee6c91e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/meson.build
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@  if not cc.links(atomic_check_code)
     ext_deps += libatomic_dep
 endif
 
-deps += ['common_sfc_efx', 'bus_pci', 'hash']
+deps += ['common_sfc_efx', 'hash']
 sources = files(
         'sfc_ethdev.c',
         'sfc_kvargs.c',
diff --git a/drivers/net/softnic/meson.build b/drivers/net/softnic/meson.build
index 5dfbd16c77..1529ef38f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/softnic/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/softnic/meson.build
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@  sources = files(
         'rte_eth_softnic_swq.c',
         'rte_eth_softnic_thread.c',
 )
-deps += ['pipeline', 'port', 'table']
+deps += ['pipeline']
diff --git a/drivers/raw/cnxk_bphy/meson.build b/drivers/raw/cnxk_bphy/meson.build
index bb5d2ffb80..b38b071697 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/cnxk_bphy/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/raw/cnxk_bphy/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 
 # Copyright(C) 2021 Marvell.
 #
 
-deps += ['bus_pci', 'common_cnxk', 'rawdev']
+deps += ['common_cnxk', 'rawdev']
 sources = files(
         'cnxk_bphy.c',
         'cnxk_bphy_cgx.c',
diff --git a/drivers/raw/cnxk_gpio/meson.build b/drivers/raw/cnxk_gpio/meson.build
index 9d9a527392..6d17fe573f 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/cnxk_gpio/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/raw/cnxk_gpio/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 
 # Copyright(C) 2021 Marvell.
 #
 
-deps += ['bus_vdev', 'common_cnxk', 'rawdev', 'kvargs']
+deps += ['bus_vdev', 'common_cnxk', 'rawdev']
 sources = files(
         'cnxk_gpio.c',
         'cnxk_gpio_irq.c',
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ntb/meson.build b/drivers/raw/ntb/meson.build
index 9096f2b25a..8f79d3b16a 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ntb/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/raw/ntb/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation.
 
-deps += ['rawdev', 'mbuf', 'mempool', 'pci', 'bus_pci']
+deps += ['rawdev', 'mbuf', 'bus_pci']
 sources = files('ntb.c',
                 'ntb_hw_intel.c')
 headers = files('rte_pmd_ntb.h')
diff --git a/drivers/raw/skeleton/meson.build b/drivers/raw/skeleton/meson.build
index 9d5fcf6514..7d76fe71b3 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/skeleton/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/raw/skeleton/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright 2018 NXP
 
-deps += ['rawdev', 'kvargs', 'mbuf', 'bus_vdev']
+deps += ['rawdev', 'mbuf', 'bus_vdev']
 sources = files(
         'skeleton_rawdev.c',
         'skeleton_rawdev_test.c',
diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/regex/mlx5/meson.build
index 6070b37501..f75bf2e084 100644
--- a/drivers/regex/mlx5/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  if not is_linux
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps += ['common_mlx5', 'eal']
+deps += ['common_mlx5']
 if not dpdk_conf.has('RTE_COMMON_MLX5')
     # avoid referencing undefined variables from common/mlx5
     subdir_done()
diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/ifc/meson.build b/drivers/vdpa/ifc/meson.build
index f78d36a715..f4ed4f491f 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/ifc/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/ifc/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
 
-deps += 'vhost'
+deps += 'bus_pci'
 sources = files('ifcvf_vdpa.c', 'base/ifcvf.c')
 includes += include_directories('base')
diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/meson.build b/drivers/vdpa/meson.build
index e01c277b9e..747cdc7c55 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/meson.build
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@  drivers = [
         'nfp',
         'sfc',
 ]
-std_deps = ['bus_pci']
-std_deps += ['vhost']
+std_deps = ['vhost']
diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/meson.build
index e224d1bcc9..1263ac43a4 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@  if not is_linux
     subdir_done()
 endif
 
-deps += ['hash', 'common_mlx5', 'vhost', 'pci', 'eal', 'sched']
+deps += ['common_mlx5', 'vhost', 'sched']
 if not dpdk_conf.has('RTE_COMMON_MLX5')
     # avoid referencing undefined variables from common/mlx5
     subdir_done()
diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/sfc/meson.build b/drivers/vdpa/sfc/meson.build
index 933f3f18f3..465ca9f220 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/sfc/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/sfc/meson.build
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@  foreach flag: extra_flags
     endif
 endforeach
 
-deps += ['common_sfc_efx', 'bus_pci']
+deps += ['common_sfc_efx']
 sources = files(
         'sfc_vdpa.c',
         'sfc_vdpa_hw.c',