diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst
index 89014789de..6debf54efb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/env_abstraction_layer.rst
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ Control Thread API
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 It is possible to create Control Threads using the public API
-``rte_ctrl_thread_create()``.
+``rte_thread_create_control()``.
 Those threads can be used for management/infrastructure tasks and are used
 internally by DPDK for multi process support and interrupt handling.
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 3e48908b51..8c8873006d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   are renamed to ``rte_tel_data_add_array_uint`` and ``rte_tel_data_add_dict_uint`` respectively.
   As such, the old function names are deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
 
-* eal: The functions ``rte_thread_setname`` and ``rte_ctrl_thread_create``
-  are planned to be deprecated starting with the 23.07 release, subject to
-  the replacement API rte_thread_set_name and rte_thread_create_control being
-  marked as stable, and planned to be removed by the 23.11 release.
-
 * eal: ``RTE_CPUFLAG_NUMFLAGS`` will be removed in DPDK 23.11 release.
   This is to allow new CPU features to be added without ABI breakage.
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst
index d7562fd646..9746809a66 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_11.rst
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ API Changes
 
 * eal: The thread API has changed.
   The function ``rte_thread_create_control()`` does not take attributes anymore.
-  The whole thread API was promoted to stable level.
+  The whole thread API was promoted to stable level,
+  except ``rte_thread_setname()`` and ``rte_ctrl_thread_create()`` which are
+  replaced with ``rte_thread_set_name()`` and ``rte_thread_create_control()``.
 
 
 ABI Changes
diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
index cd6e00fe8a..a71142662a 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
@@ -235,25 +235,22 @@ enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status {
 	CTRL_THREAD_ERROR /* Control thread encountered an error */
 };
 
-struct rte_thread_ctrl_params {
-	union {
-		void *(*ctrl_start_routine)(void *arg);
-		rte_thread_func control_start_routine;
-	} u;
+struct control_thread_params {
+	rte_thread_func start_routine;
 	void *arg;
 	int ret;
 	/* Control thread status.
 	 * If the status is CTRL_THREAD_ERROR, 'ret' has the error code.
 	 */
-	enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status ctrl_thread_status;
+	enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status status;
 };
 
-static int ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
+static int control_thread_init(void *arg)
 {
 	struct internal_config *internal_conf =
 		eal_get_internal_configuration();
 	rte_cpuset_t *cpuset = &internal_conf->ctrl_cpuset;
-	struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params = arg;
+	struct control_thread_params *params = arg;
 
 	__rte_thread_init(rte_lcore_id(), cpuset);
 	/* Set control thread socket ID to SOCKET_ID_ANY
@@ -262,96 +259,34 @@ static int ctrl_thread_init(void *arg)
 	RTE_PER_LCORE(_socket_id) = SOCKET_ID_ANY;
 	params->ret = rte_thread_set_affinity_by_id(rte_thread_self(), cpuset);
 	if (params->ret != 0) {
-		__atomic_store_n(&params->ctrl_thread_status,
+		__atomic_store_n(&params->status,
 			CTRL_THREAD_ERROR, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	__atomic_store_n(&params->ctrl_thread_status,
+	__atomic_store_n(&params->status,
 		CTRL_THREAD_RUNNING, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void *ctrl_thread_start(void *arg)
-{
-	struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params = arg;
-	void *start_arg = params->arg;
-	void *(*start_routine)(void *) = params->u.ctrl_start_routine;
-
-	if (ctrl_thread_init(arg) != 0)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return start_routine(start_arg);
-}
-
 static uint32_t control_thread_start(void *arg)
 {
-	struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params = arg;
+	struct control_thread_params *params = arg;
 	void *start_arg = params->arg;
-	rte_thread_func start_routine = params->u.control_start_routine;
+	rte_thread_func start_routine = params->start_routine;
 
-	if (ctrl_thread_init(arg) != 0)
+	if (control_thread_init(arg) != 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	return start_routine(start_arg);
 }
 
-int
-rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
-		const pthread_attr_t *attr,
-		void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg)
-{
-	struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params;
-	enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status ctrl_thread_status;
-	int ret;
-
-	params = malloc(sizeof(*params));
-	if (!params)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	params->u.ctrl_start_routine = start_routine;
-	params->arg = arg;
-	params->ret = 0;
-	params->ctrl_thread_status = CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING;
-
-	ret = pthread_create(thread, attr, ctrl_thread_start, (void *)params);
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		free(params);
-		return -ret;
-	}
-
-	if (name != NULL)
-		rte_thread_set_name((rte_thread_t){(uintptr_t)*thread}, name);
-
-	/* Wait for the control thread to initialize successfully */
-	while ((ctrl_thread_status =
-			__atomic_load_n(&params->ctrl_thread_status,
-			__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)) == CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING) {
-		/* Yield the CPU. Using sched_yield call requires maintaining
-		 * another implementation for Windows as sched_yield is not
-		 * supported on Windows.
-		 */
-		rte_delay_us_sleep(1);
-	}
-
-	/* Check if the control thread encountered an error */
-	if (ctrl_thread_status == CTRL_THREAD_ERROR) {
-		/* ctrl thread is exiting */
-		rte_thread_join((rte_thread_t){(uintptr_t)*thread}, NULL);
-	}
-
-	ret = params->ret;
-	free(params);
-
-	return -ret;
-}
-
 int
 rte_thread_create_control(rte_thread_t *thread, const char *name,
 		rte_thread_func start_routine, void *arg)
 {
-	struct rte_thread_ctrl_params *params;
+	struct control_thread_params *params;
 	enum __rte_ctrl_thread_status ctrl_thread_status;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -359,10 +294,10 @@ rte_thread_create_control(rte_thread_t *thread, const char *name,
 	if (params == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	params->u.control_start_routine = start_routine;
+	params->start_routine = start_routine;
 	params->arg = arg;
 	params->ret = 0;
-	params->ctrl_thread_status = CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING;
+	params->status = CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING;
 
 	ret = rte_thread_create(thread, NULL, control_thread_start, params);
 	if (ret != 0) {
@@ -375,7 +310,7 @@ rte_thread_create_control(rte_thread_t *thread, const char *name,
 
 	/* Wait for the control thread to initialize successfully */
 	while ((ctrl_thread_status =
-			__atomic_load_n(&params->ctrl_thread_status,
+			__atomic_load_n(&params->status,
 			__ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)) == CTRL_THREAD_LAUNCHING) {
 		rte_delay_us_sleep(1);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_thread.c b/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_thread.c
index ba9b25c2c0..6f97a3c2c1 100644
--- a/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/eal/freebsd/eal_thread.c
@@ -42,10 +42,3 @@ void rte_thread_set_name(rte_thread_t thread_id, const char *thread_name)
 
 	pthread_set_name_np((pthread_t)thread_id.opaque_id, truncated);
 }
-
-int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name)
-{
-	/* this BSD function returns no error */
-	pthread_set_name_np(id, name);
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/lib/eal/include/rte_lcore.h b/lib/eal/include/rte_lcore.h
index 6ce810b876..7deae47af3 100644
--- a/lib/eal/include/rte_lcore.h
+++ b/lib/eal/include/rte_lcore.h
@@ -385,20 +385,6 @@ void rte_lcore_register_usage_cb(rte_lcore_usage_cb cb);
 void
 rte_lcore_dump(FILE *f);
 
-/**
- * Set thread names.
- *
- * @note It fails with glibc < 2.12.
- *
- * @param id
- *   Thread id.
- * @param name
- *   Thread name to set.
- * @return
- *   On success, return 0; otherwise return a negative value.
- */
-int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name);
-
 /**
  * Register current non-EAL thread as a lcore.
  *
@@ -421,34 +407,6 @@ rte_thread_register(void);
 void
 rte_thread_unregister(void);
 
-/**
- * Create a control thread.
- *
- * Creates a control thread with the given name and attributes. The
- * affinity of the new thread is based on the CPU affinity retrieved
- * at the time rte_eal_init() was called, the dataplane and service
- * lcores are then excluded. If setting the name of the thread fails,
- * the error is ignored and a debug message is logged.
- *
- * @param thread
- *   Filled with the thread id of the new created thread.
- * @param name
- *   The name of the control thread (max 16 characters including '\0').
- * @param attr
- *   Attributes for the new thread.
- * @param start_routine
- *   Function to be executed by the new thread.
- * @param arg
- *   Argument passed to start_routine.
- * @return
- *   On success, returns 0; on error, it returns a negative value
- *   corresponding to the error number.
- */
-int
-rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
-		const pthread_attr_t *attr,
-		void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/eal/linux/eal_thread.c b/lib/eal/linux/eal_thread.c
index b9a126f3a8..880070c627 100644
--- a/lib/eal/linux/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/eal/linux/eal_thread.c
@@ -39,19 +39,3 @@ void rte_thread_set_name(rte_thread_t thread_id, const char *thread_name)
 	if (ret != 0)
 		RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Failed to set thread name\n");
 }
-
-int rte_thread_setname(pthread_t id, const char *name)
-{
-	int ret = ENOSYS;
-#if defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__GLIBC_PREREQ)
-#if __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 12)
-	char truncated[16];
-
-	strlcpy(truncated, name, sizeof(truncated));
-	ret = pthread_setname_np(id, truncated);
-#endif
-#endif
-	RTE_SET_USED(id);
-	RTE_SET_USED(name);
-	return -ret;
-}
diff --git a/lib/eal/version.map b/lib/eal/version.map
index 6d32c19286..915057b325 100644
--- a/lib/eal/version.map
+++ b/lib/eal/version.map
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ DPDK_24 {
 	rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled;
 	rte_cpu_get_flag_name;
 	rte_cpu_is_supported; # WINDOWS_NO_EXPORT
-	rte_ctrl_thread_create;
 	rte_cycles_vmware_tsc_map; # WINDOWS_NO_EXPORT
 	rte_delay_us;
 	rte_delay_us_block;
@@ -278,7 +277,6 @@ DPDK_24 {
 	rte_thread_set_affinity_by_id;
 	rte_thread_set_name;
 	rte_thread_set_priority;
-	rte_thread_setname;
 	rte_thread_unregister;
 	rte_thread_value_get;
 	rte_thread_value_set;
diff --git a/lib/eal/windows/eal_thread.c b/lib/eal/windows/eal_thread.c
index 464d510838..9e3df200b9 100644
--- a/lib/eal/windows/eal_thread.c
+++ b/lib/eal/windows/eal_thread.c
@@ -76,11 +76,3 @@ rte_sys_gettid(void)
 {
 	return GetCurrentThreadId();
 }
-
-int
-rte_thread_setname(__rte_unused pthread_t id, __rte_unused const char *name)
-{
-	/* TODO */
-	/* This is a stub, not the expected result */
-	return 0;
-}
