diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7c42fbdbf..8e391d69b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -379,9 +379,6 @@ for i in "$@"; do
 				CONFIG[DPDK_LIB_DIR]=$dpdk_libdir
 				CONFIG[DPDK_INC_DIR]=$dpdk_incdir
 				CONFIG[DPDK_PKG_CONFIG]=y
-				if pkg-config --print-requires libdpdk | grep "libbsd" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-					CONFIG[HAVE_LIBBSD]=y
-				fi
 				CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:+$CFLAGS }$(pkg-config --cflags libdpdk)"
 				check_IPSec_mb "pkg-config" "$dpdk_libdir" "$dpdk_incdir"
 			else
@@ -406,19 +403,12 @@ for i in "$@"; do
 					echo "ERROR: do you have another DPDK installed in the system?"
 					exit 1
 				fi
-				dpdk_reqs=$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --print-requires libdpdk)
-				if echo $dpdk_reqs | grep "libbsd" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-					CONFIG[HAVE_LIBBSD]=y
-				fi
 				CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:+$CFLAGS }$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --cflags libdpdk)"
 				dpdk_incdir="${sysroot_dir}$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$dpdk_libdir/pkgconfig" pkg-config --variable=includedir libdpdk)"
 				check_IPSec_mb "pkg-config" "$dpdk_libdir" "$dpdk_incdir"
 			else
 				echo "Using $dpdk_incdir/rte_build_config.h for additional libs..."
 
-				if grep -F "define RTE_USE_LIBBSD 1" $dpdk_incdir/rte_build_config.h > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-					CONFIG[HAVE_LIBBSD]=y
-				fi
 				check_IPSec_mb "build-config" "$dpdk_libdir" "$dpdk_incdir"
 			fi
 			echo "DPDK libraries: $dpdk_libdir"
@@ -790,6 +780,12 @@ if [[ $sys_name == "FreeBSD" ]]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+if [[ $sys_name == "Linux" ]]; then
+	if pkg-config libbsd; then
+		CONFIG[HAVE_LIBBSD]=y
+	fi
+fi
+
 if [[ $sys_name != "Linux" ]]; then
 	if [[ "${CONFIG[VHOST]}" == "y" ]]; then
 		echo "Vhost is only supported on Linux."
diff --git a/dpdkbuild/Makefile b/dpdkbuild/Makefile
index 7d78cd0cf..fa0a9d9ba 100644
--- a/dpdkbuild/Makefile
+++ b/dpdkbuild/Makefile
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@ $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build-tmp: $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/cc.mk $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/incl
 	$(Q)rm -rf $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build-tmp
 	$(Q)cd "$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk"; CC="$(SUB_CC)" meson setup --prefix="$(MESON_PREFIX)" --libdir lib -Dc_args="$(DPDK_CFLAGS)" -Dc_link_args="$(DPDK_LDFLAGS)" $(DPDK_OPTS) -Denable_drivers="$(shell echo $(DPDK_DRIVERS) | sed -E "s/ +/,/g")" -Ddisable_libs="$(shell echo $(DPDK_DISABLED_LIBS) | sed -E "s/ +/,/g")" $(DPDKBUILD_FLAGS) build-tmp
 	$(Q)sed $(SED_INPLACE_FLAG) 's/#define RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH .*/#define RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH ""/g' $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build-tmp/rte_build_config.h
-	$(Q) \
-	# TODO Meson build adds libbsd and/or libarchive dependency when it's available. This means any app will be \
-	# forced to link with -lbsd and/or -larchive, but only if it's available on the system. The clean way to \
-	# handle this would be to rely on DPDK's pkg-config file which will contain the -lbsd/-larchive when \
-	# required. For now just remove the dependencies. DPDK will fallback to its internal functions.
-	$(Q)sed $(SED_INPLACE_FLAG) 's/#define RTE_USE_LIBBSD .*//g' $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build-tmp/rte_build_config.h
 	$(Q)sed $(SED_INPLACE_FLAG) 's/#define RTE_HAS_LIBARCHIVE .*//g' $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build-tmp/rte_build_config.h
 
 clean: