diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
index a07fc241fe..2ed8261349 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ pci_uio_map_resource_by_index(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int res_idx,
 	mapaddr = pci_map_resource(NULL, fd, (off_t)offset,
 			(size_t)dev->mem_resource[res_idx].len, 0);
 	close(fd);
-	if (mapaddr == MAP_FAILED)
+	if (mapaddr == NULL)
 		goto error;
 
 	maps[map_idx].phaddr = dev->mem_resource[res_idx].phys_addr;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_uio.c b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_uio.c
index 9ab20a0b25..f3305a2f28 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_uio.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_uio.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ pci_uio_map_resource_by_index(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int res_idx,
 	mapaddr = pci_map_resource(pci_map_addr, fd, 0,
 			(size_t)dev->mem_resource[res_idx].len, 0);
 	close(fd);
-	if (mapaddr == MAP_FAILED)
+	if (mapaddr == NULL)
 		goto error;
 
 	pci_map_addr = RTE_PTR_ADD(mapaddr,
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_vfio.c b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_vfio.c
index c15ed3bade..34b5da80df 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_vfio.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci_vfio.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ pci_vfio_mmap_bar(int vfio_dev_fd, struct mapped_pci_resource *vfio_res,
 		}
 
 		/* if there's a second part, try to map it */
-		if (map_addr != MAP_FAILED
+		if (map_addr != NULL
 			&& memreg[1].offset && memreg[1].size) {
 			void *second_addr = RTE_PTR_ADD(bar_addr,
 						(uintptr_t)(memreg[1].offset -
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ pci_vfio_mmap_bar(int vfio_dev_fd, struct mapped_pci_resource *vfio_res,
 							RTE_MAP_FORCE_ADDRESS);
 		}
 
-		if (map_addr == NULL || map_addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+		if (map_addr == NULL) {
 			munmap(bar_addr, bar->size);
 			bar_addr = MAP_FAILED;
 			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Failed to map pci BAR%d\n",
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
index 3a2ae07958..62d45041bb 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ pci_map_resource(void *requested_addr, int fd, off_t offset, size_t size,
 			__func__, fd, requested_addr, size,
 			(unsigned long long)offset,
 			rte_strerror(rte_errno), mapaddr);
-		mapaddr = MAP_FAILED; /* API uses mmap error code */
 	} else
 		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "  PCI memory mapped at %p\n", mapaddr);
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common_uio.c b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common_uio.c
index f4dca9da91..793dfd0a7c 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common_uio.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common_uio.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pci_uio_map_secondary(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 					"Cannot mmap device resource file %s to address: %p\n",
 					uio_res->maps[i].path,
 					uio_res->maps[i].addr);
-				if (mapaddr != MAP_FAILED) {
+				if (mapaddr != NULL) {
 					/* unmap addrs correctly mapped */
 					for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
 						pci_unmap_resource(
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/private.h b/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
index 9617268024..530123767b 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ TAILQ_HEAD(mapped_pci_res_list, mapped_pci_resource);
  *      The additional rte_mem_map() flags for the mapping range.
  * @return
  *   - On success, the function returns a pointer to the mapped area.
- *   - On error, MAP_FAILED is returned.
+ *   - On error, NULL is returned.
  */
 void *pci_map_resource(void *requested_addr, int fd, off_t offset,
 		size_t size, int additional_flags);
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_eal_paging.h b/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_eal_paging.h
index 429f896c8c..ed98e70e9e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_eal_paging.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/include/rte_eal_paging.h
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdint.h>
-#ifndef RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <rte_compat.h>
 
@@ -25,7 +22,6 @@ enum rte_mem_prot {
 
 /** Additional flags for memory mapping. */
 enum rte_map_flags {
-#ifdef RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS
 	/** Changes to the mapped memory are visible to other processes. */
 	RTE_MAP_SHARED = 1 << 0,
 	/** Mapping is not backed by a regular file. */
@@ -39,12 +35,6 @@ enum rte_map_flags {
 	 * it is not required to do so, thus mapping with this flag may fail.
 	 */
 	RTE_MAP_FORCE_ADDRESS = 1 << 3
-#else /* map mmap flags because they are exposed in pci_map_resource() API */
-	RTE_MAP_SHARED = MAP_SHARED,
-	RTE_MAP_ANONYMOUS = MAP_ANONYMOUS,
-	RTE_MAP_PRIVATE = MAP_PRIVATE,
-	RTE_MAP_FORCE_ADDRESS = MAP_FIXED,
-#endif
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h b/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
index 2881bf2224..569ed92d51 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define PATH_MAX _MAX_PATH
 #endif
 
-/* sys/mman.h
- * The syscall mmap does not exist on Windows,
- * but this error code is used in a badly defined DPDK API for PCI mapping.
- */
-#define MAP_FAILED ((void *) -1)
-
 #define sleep(x) Sleep(1000 * (x))
 
 #define strerror_r(a, b, c) strerror_s(b, c, a)
