diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
index 200285e01..3fd33f1e4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ LIBABIVER := 7
 
 # specific to bsdapp exec-env
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) := eal.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_cpuflags.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_memory.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_hugepage_info.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_thread.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_cpuflags.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_cpuflags.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69b161ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal_cpuflags.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2018 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+ */
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_cpuflags.h>
+
+unsigned long
+rte_cpu_getauxval(unsigned long type __rte_unused)
+{
+	/* not implemented */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+rte_cpu_strcmp_auxval(unsigned long type __rte_unused,
+		const char *str __rte_unused)
+{
+	/* not implemented */
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/meson.build
index 4c5611879..47e16a649 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 env_objs = []
 env_headers = []
 env_sources = files('eal_alarm.c',
+		'eal_cpuflags.c',
 		'eal_debug.c',
 		'eal_hugepage_info.c',
 		'eal_interrupts.c',
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c
index 6a9dbaeb1..3a055f7c7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c
@@ -2,90 +2,11 @@
  * Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
  */
 
-#include <elf.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#if defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__GLIBC_PREREQ)
-#if __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 16)
-#include <sys/auxv.h>
-#define HAS_AUXV 1
-#endif
-#endif
 
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_cpuflags.h>
 
-#ifndef HAS_AUXV
-static unsigned long
-getauxval(unsigned long type __rte_unused)
-{
-	errno = ENOTSUP;
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef RTE_ARCH_64
-typedef Elf64_auxv_t Internal_Elfx_auxv_t;
-#else
-typedef Elf32_auxv_t Internal_Elfx_auxv_t;
-#endif
-
-
-/**
- * Provides a method for retrieving values from the auxiliary vector and
- * possibly running a string comparison.
- *
- * @return Always returns a result.  When the result is 0, check errno
- * to see if an error occurred during processing.
- */
-static unsigned long
-_rte_cpu_getauxval(unsigned long type, const char *str)
-{
-	unsigned long val;
-
-	errno = 0;
-	val = getauxval(type);
-
-	if (!val && (errno == ENOTSUP || errno == ENOENT)) {
-		int auxv_fd = open("/proc/self/auxv", O_RDONLY);
-		Internal_Elfx_auxv_t auxv;
-
-		if (auxv_fd == -1)
-			return 0;
-
-		errno = ENOENT;
-		while (read(auxv_fd, &auxv, sizeof(auxv)) == sizeof(auxv)) {
-			if (auxv.a_type == type) {
-				errno = 0;
-				val = auxv.a_un.a_val;
-				if (str)
-					val = strcmp((const char *)val, str);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		close(auxv_fd);
-	}
-
-	return val;
-}
-
-unsigned long
-rte_cpu_getauxval(unsigned long type)
-{
-	return _rte_cpu_getauxval(type, NULL);
-}
-
-int
-rte_cpu_strcmp_auxval(unsigned long type, const char *str)
-{
-	return _rte_cpu_getauxval(type, str);
-}
-
 /**
  * Checks if the machine is adequate for running the binary. If it is not, the
  * program exits with status 1.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
index 45517a27b..3719ec9d7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ endif
 
 # specific to linuxapp exec-env
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) := eal.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_cpuflags.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_hugepage_info.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_memory.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) += eal_thread.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_cpuflags.c
similarity index 61%
copy from lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c
copy to lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_cpuflags.c
index 6a9dbaeb1..d38296e1e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_cpuflags.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_cpuflags.c
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
- * Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
  */
 
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_cpuflags.h>
 
 #ifndef HAS_AUXV
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ typedef Elf64_auxv_t Internal_Elfx_auxv_t;
 typedef Elf32_auxv_t Internal_Elfx_auxv_t;
 #endif
 
-
 /**
  * Provides a method for retrieving values from the auxiliary vector and
  * possibly running a string comparison.
@@ -85,45 +82,3 @@ rte_cpu_strcmp_auxval(unsigned long type, const char *str)
 {
 	return _rte_cpu_getauxval(type, str);
 }
-
-/**
- * Checks if the machine is adequate for running the binary. If it is not, the
- * program exits with status 1.
- */
-void
-rte_cpu_check_supported(void)
-{
-	if (!rte_cpu_is_supported())
-		exit(1);
-}
-
-int
-rte_cpu_is_supported(void)
-{
-	/* This is generated at compile-time by the build system */
-	static const enum rte_cpu_flag_t compile_time_flags[] = {
-			RTE_COMPILE_TIME_CPUFLAGS
-	};
-	unsigned count = RTE_DIM(compile_time_flags), i;
-	int ret;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		ret = rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(compile_time_flags[i]);
-
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			fprintf(stderr,
-				"ERROR: CPU feature flag lookup failed with error %d\n",
-				ret);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		if (!ret) {
-			fprintf(stderr,
-			        "ERROR: This system does not support \"%s\".\n"
-			        "Please check that RTE_MACHINE is set correctly.\n",
-			        rte_cpu_get_flag_name(compile_time_flags[i]));
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 1;
-}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/meson.build
index 9c0193105..cce377122 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ install_subdir('include/exec-env', install_dir: get_option('includedir'))
 env_objs = []
 env_headers = []
 env_sources = files('eal_alarm.c',
+		'eal_cpuflags.c',
 		'eal_debug.c',
 		'eal_hugepage_info.c',
 		'eal_interrupts.c',
