diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/Makefile b/lib/librte_distributor/Makefile
index 0ef80dcff4..d9d0089166 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ EXPORT_MAP := rte_distributor_version.map
 LIBABIVER := 1
 
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
-SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DISTRIBUTOR) := rte_distributor_v20.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DISTRIBUTOR) := rte_distributor_single.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DISTRIBUTOR) += rte_distributor.c
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_X86),y)
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DISTRIBUTOR) += rte_distributor_match_sse.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/distributor_private.h b/lib/librte_distributor/distributor_private.h
index c89371123e..489aef2acb 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/distributor_private.h
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/distributor_private.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * the next cache line to worker 0, we pad this out to three cache lines.
  * Only 64-bits of the memory is actually used though.
  */
-union rte_distributor_buffer_v20 {
+union rte_distributor_buffer_single {
 	volatile int64_t bufptr64;
 	char pad[RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE*3];
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts {
 	struct rte_mbuf *mbufs[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_RETURNS];
 };
 
-struct rte_distributor_v20 {
-	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_distributor_v20) next;    /**< Next in list. */
+struct rte_distributor_single {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_distributor_single) next;    /**< Next in list. */
 
 	char name[RTE_DISTRIBUTOR_NAMESIZE];  /**< Name of the ring. */
 	unsigned int num_workers;             /**< Number of workers polling */
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct rte_distributor_v20 {
 
 	struct rte_distributor_backlog backlog[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
 
-	union rte_distributor_buffer_v20 bufs[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
+	union rte_distributor_buffer_single bufs[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
 
 	struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts returns;
 };
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ struct rte_distributor {
 
 	enum rte_distributor_match_function dist_match_fn;
 
-	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d_v20;
+	struct rte_distributor_single *d_single;
 };
 
 void
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/meson.build b/lib/librte_distributor/meson.build
index c9617d7b14..50b91887b5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
-sources = files('rte_distributor.c', 'rte_distributor_v20.c')
+sources = files('rte_distributor.c', 'rte_distributor_single.c')
 if arch_subdir == 'x86'
 	sources += files('rte_distributor_match_sse.c')
 else
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c
index a4c8ff6a96..6c5b0c86e8 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <rte_tailq.h>
 
 #include "rte_distributor.h"
-#include "rte_distributor_v20.h"
+#include "rte_distributor_single.h"
 #include "distributor_private.h"
 
 TAILQ_HEAD(rte_dist_burst_list, rte_distributor);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ rte_distributor_request_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
 	volatile int64_t *retptr64;
 
 	if (unlikely(d->alg_type == RTE_DIST_ALG_SINGLE)) {
-		rte_distributor_request_pkt_v20(d->d_v20,
+		rte_distributor_request_pkt_single(d->d_single,
 			worker_id, oldpkt[0]);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ rte_distributor_poll_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (unlikely(d->alg_type == RTE_DIST_ALG_SINGLE)) {
-		pkts[0] = rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v20(d->d_v20, worker_id);
+		pkts[0] = rte_distributor_poll_pkt_single(d->d_single,
+			worker_id);
 		return (pkts[0]) ? 1 : 0;
 	}
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ rte_distributor_get_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
 
 	if (unlikely(d->alg_type == RTE_DIST_ALG_SINGLE)) {
 		if (return_count <= 1) {
-			pkts[0] = rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(d->d_v20,
+			pkts[0] = rte_distributor_get_pkt_single(d->d_single,
 				worker_id, oldpkt[0]);
 			return (pkts[0]) ? 1 : 0;
 		} else
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ rte_distributor_return_pkt(struct rte_distributor *d,
 
 	if (unlikely(d->alg_type == RTE_DIST_ALG_SINGLE)) {
 		if (num == 1)
-			return rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(d->d_v20,
+			return rte_distributor_return_pkt_single(d->d_single,
 				worker_id, oldpkt[0]);
 		else
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -354,7 +355,8 @@ rte_distributor_process(struct rte_distributor *d,
 
 	if (d->alg_type == RTE_DIST_ALG_SINGLE) {
 		/* Call the old API */
-		return rte_distributor_process_v20(d->d_v20, mbufs, num_mbufs);
+		return rte_distributor_process_single(d->d_single,
+			mbufs, num_mbufs);
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(num_mbufs == 0)) {
@@ -494,7 +496,7 @@ rte_distributor_returned_pkts(struct rte_distributor *d,
 
 	if (d->alg_type == RTE_DIST_ALG_SINGLE) {
 		/* Call the old API */
-		return rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20(d->d_v20,
+		return rte_distributor_returned_pkts_single(d->d_single,
 				mbufs, max_mbufs);
 	}
 
@@ -537,7 +539,7 @@ rte_distributor_flush(struct rte_distributor *d)
 
 	if (d->alg_type == RTE_DIST_ALG_SINGLE) {
 		/* Call the old API */
-		return rte_distributor_flush_v20(d->d_v20);
+		return rte_distributor_flush_single(d->d_single);
 	}
 
 	flushed = total_outstanding(d);
@@ -568,7 +570,7 @@ rte_distributor_clear_returns(struct rte_distributor *d)
 
 	if (d->alg_type == RTE_DIST_ALG_SINGLE) {
 		/* Call the old API */
-		rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20(d->d_v20);
+		rte_distributor_clear_returns_single(d->d_single);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -610,9 +612,9 @@ rte_distributor_create(const char *name,
 			rte_errno = ENOMEM;
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		d->d_v20 = rte_distributor_create_v20(name,
+		d->d_single = rte_distributor_create_single(name,
 				socket_id, num_workers);
-		if (d->d_v20 == NULL) {
+		if (d->d_single == NULL) {
 			free(d);
 			/* rte_errno will have been set */
 			return NULL;
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_single.c
similarity index 87%
rename from lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
rename to lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_single.c
index 655944bdb3..91d8824c64 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_single.c
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 #include <rte_pause.h>
 #include <rte_tailq.h>
 
-#include "rte_distributor_v20.h"
+#include "rte_distributor_single.h"
 #include "distributor_private.h"
 
-TAILQ_HEAD(rte_distributor_list, rte_distributor_v20);
+TAILQ_HEAD(rte_distributor_list, rte_distributor_single);
 
 static struct rte_tailq_elem rte_distributor_tailq = {
 	.name = "RTE_DISTRIBUTOR",
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ EAL_REGISTER_TAILQ(rte_distributor_tailq)
 
 /**** APIs called by workers ****/
 
-void __vsym
-rte_distributor_request_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+void
+rte_distributor_request_pkt_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		unsigned worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *oldpkt)
 {
-	union rte_distributor_buffer_v20 *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
+	union rte_distributor_buffer_single *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
 	int64_t req = (((int64_t)(uintptr_t)oldpkt) << RTE_DISTRIB_FLAG_BITS)
 			| RTE_DISTRIB_GET_BUF;
 	while (unlikely(__atomic_load_n(&buf->bufptr64, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ rte_distributor_request_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 	__atomic_store_n(&(buf->bufptr64), req, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
 }
 
-struct rte_mbuf * __vsym
-rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+struct rte_mbuf *
+rte_distributor_poll_pkt_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		unsigned worker_id)
 {
-	union rte_distributor_buffer_v20 *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
+	union rte_distributor_buffer_single *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
 	/* Sync with distributor. Acquire bufptr64. */
 	if (__atomic_load_n(&buf->bufptr64, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)
 		& RTE_DISTRIB_GET_BUF)
@@ -57,22 +57,22 @@ rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 	return (struct rte_mbuf *)((uintptr_t)ret);
 }
 
-struct rte_mbuf * __vsym
-rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+struct rte_mbuf *
+rte_distributor_get_pkt_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		unsigned worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *oldpkt)
 {
 	struct rte_mbuf *ret;
-	rte_distributor_request_pkt_v20(d, worker_id, oldpkt);
-	while ((ret = rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v20(d, worker_id)) == NULL)
+	rte_distributor_request_pkt_single(d, worker_id, oldpkt);
+	while ((ret = rte_distributor_poll_pkt_single(d, worker_id)) == NULL)
 		rte_pause();
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int __vsym
-rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+int
+rte_distributor_return_pkt_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		unsigned worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *oldpkt)
 {
-	union rte_distributor_buffer_v20 *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
+	union rte_distributor_buffer_single *buf = &d->bufs[worker_id];
 	uint64_t req = (((int64_t)(uintptr_t)oldpkt) << RTE_DISTRIB_FLAG_BITS)
 			| RTE_DISTRIB_RETURN_BUF;
 	/* Sync with distributor on RETURN_BUF flag. */
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ backlog_pop(struct rte_distributor_backlog *bl)
 
 /* stores a packet returned from a worker inside the returns array */
 static inline void
-store_return(uintptr_t oldbuf, struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+store_return(uintptr_t oldbuf, struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		unsigned *ret_start, unsigned *ret_count)
 {
 	/* store returns in a circular buffer - code is branch-free */
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ store_return(uintptr_t oldbuf, struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 }
 
 static inline void
-handle_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d, unsigned int wkr)
+handle_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor_single *d, unsigned int wkr)
 {
 	d->in_flight_tags[wkr] = 0;
 	d->in_flight_bitmask &= ~(1UL << wkr);
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ handle_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d, unsigned int wkr)
 		 * Note that the tags were set before first level call
 		 * to rte_distributor_process.
 		 */
-		rte_distributor_process_v20(d, pkts, i);
+		rte_distributor_process_single(d, pkts, i);
 		bl->count = bl->start = 0;
 	}
 }
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ handle_worker_shutdown(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d, unsigned int wkr)
  * to do a partial flush.
  */
 static int
-process_returns(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
+process_returns(struct rte_distributor_single *d)
 {
 	unsigned wkr;
 	unsigned flushed = 0;
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ process_returns(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
 }
 
 /* process a set of packets to distribute them to workers */
-int __vsym
-rte_distributor_process_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+int
+rte_distributor_process_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned num_mbufs)
 {
 	unsigned next_idx = 0;
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ rte_distributor_process_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
 }
 
 /* return to the caller, packets returned from workers */
-int __vsym
-rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+int
+rte_distributor_returned_pkts_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned max_mbufs)
 {
 	struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts *returns = &d->returns;
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
  * being worked on or queued up in a backlog.
  */
 static inline unsigned
-total_outstanding(const struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
+total_outstanding(const struct rte_distributor_single *d)
 {
 	unsigned wkr, total_outstanding;
 
@@ -353,20 +353,20 @@ total_outstanding(const struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
 
 /* flush the distributor, so that there are no outstanding packets in flight or
  * queued up. */
-int __vsym
-rte_distributor_flush_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
+int
+rte_distributor_flush_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d)
 {
 	const unsigned flushed = total_outstanding(d);
 
 	while (total_outstanding(d) > 0)
-		rte_distributor_process_v20(d, NULL, 0);
+		rte_distributor_process_single(d, NULL, 0);
 
 	return flushed;
 }
 
 /* clears the internal returns array in the distributor */
-void __vsym
-rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
+void
+rte_distributor_clear_returns_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d)
 {
 	d->returns.start = d->returns.count = 0;
 #ifndef __OPTIMIZE__
@@ -375,12 +375,12 @@ rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d)
 }
 
 /* creates a distributor instance */
-struct rte_distributor_v20 * __vsym
-rte_distributor_create_v20(const char *name,
+struct rte_distributor_single *
+rte_distributor_create_single(const char *name,
 		unsigned socket_id,
 		unsigned num_workers)
 {
-	struct rte_distributor_v20 *d;
+	struct rte_distributor_single *d;
 	struct rte_distributor_list *distributor_list;
 	char mz_name[RTE_MEMZONE_NAMESIZE];
 	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.h b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_single.h
similarity index 89%
rename from lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.h
rename to lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_single.h
index 12865658ba..2f80aa43d1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.h
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_single.h
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
  * Copyright(c) 2010-2014 Intel Corporation
  */
 
-#ifndef _RTE_DISTRIB_V20_H_
-#define _RTE_DISTRIB_V20_H_
+#ifndef _RTE_DISTRIB_SINGLE_H_
+#define _RTE_DISTRIB_SINGLE_H_
 
 /**
  * @file
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define RTE_DISTRIBUTOR_NAMESIZE 32 /**< Length of name for instance */
 
-struct rte_distributor_v20;
+struct rte_distributor_single;
 struct rte_mbuf;
 
 /**
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ struct rte_mbuf;
  * @return
  *   The newly created distributor instance
  */
-struct rte_distributor_v20 *
-rte_distributor_create_v20(const char *name, unsigned int socket_id,
+struct rte_distributor_single *
+rte_distributor_create_single(const char *name, unsigned int socket_id,
 		unsigned int num_workers);
 
 /*  *** APIS to be called on the distributor lcore ***  */
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ rte_distributor_create_v20(const char *name, unsigned int socket_id,
  *   The number of mbufs processed.
  */
 int
-rte_distributor_process_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+rte_distributor_process_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int num_mbufs);
 
 /**
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ rte_distributor_process_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
  *   The number of mbufs returned in the mbufs array.
  */
 int
-rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+rte_distributor_returned_pkts_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		struct rte_mbuf **mbufs, unsigned int max_mbufs);
 
 /**
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ rte_distributor_returned_pkts_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
  *   The number of queued/in-flight packets that were completed by this call.
  */
 int
-rte_distributor_flush_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d);
+rte_distributor_flush_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d);
 
 /**
  * Clears the array of returned packets used as the source for the
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ rte_distributor_flush_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d);
  *   The distributor instance to be used
  */
 void
-rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d);
+rte_distributor_clear_returns_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d);
 
 /*  *** APIS to be called on the worker lcores ***  */
 /*
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ rte_distributor_clear_returns_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d);
  *   A new packet to be processed by the worker thread.
  */
 struct rte_mbuf *
-rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+rte_distributor_get_pkt_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *oldpkt);
 
 /**
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ rte_distributor_get_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
  *   The previous packet being processed by the worker
  */
 int
-rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+rte_distributor_return_pkt_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *mbuf);
 
 /**
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ rte_distributor_return_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
  *   The previous packet, if any, being processed by the worker
  */
 void
-rte_distributor_request_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+rte_distributor_request_pkt_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		unsigned int worker_id, struct rte_mbuf *oldpkt);
 
 /**
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ rte_distributor_request_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
  *   packet is yet available.
  */
 struct rte_mbuf *
-rte_distributor_poll_pkt_v20(struct rte_distributor_v20 *d,
+rte_distributor_poll_pkt_single(struct rte_distributor_single *d,
 		unsigned int worker_id);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_version.map b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_version.map
index 3a285b394e..00e26b4804 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_version.map
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-DPDK_2.0 {
-	global:
-
-	rte_distributor_clear_returns;
-	rte_distributor_create;
-	rte_distributor_flush;
-	rte_distributor_get_pkt;
-	rte_distributor_poll_pkt;
-	rte_distributor_process;
-	rte_distributor_request_pkt;
-	rte_distributor_return_pkt;
-	rte_distributor_returned_pkts;
-
-	local: *;
-};
-
 DPDK_17.05 {
 	global:
 
@@ -26,4 +10,4 @@ DPDK_17.05 {
 	rte_distributor_request_pkt;
 	rte_distributor_return_pkt;
 	rte_distributor_returned_pkts;
-} DPDK_2.0;
+};
