diff --git a/scripts/setup.sh b/scripts/setup.sh
index ef757642f..a15f2e394 100755
--- a/scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -160,14 +160,6 @@ function linux_bind_driver() {
 	echo "" > "/sys/bus/pci/devices/$bdf/driver_override"
 
 	if [[ ! -e /sys/bus/pci/drivers/$driver_name/$bdf ]]; then
-		if [[ $driver_name == uio_pci_generic ]] && ! check_for_driver igb_uio; then
-			# uio_pci_generic driver might be broken in some 4.18.x kernels (see
-			# centos8 for instance) so try to fallback to igb_uio.
-			pci_dev_echo "$bdf" "uio_pci_generic potentially broken, moving to igb_uio"
-			drivers_d["$bdf"]="no driver"
-			linux_bind_driver "$bdf" igb_uio
-			return
-		fi
 		pci_dev_echo "$bdf" "failed to bind to $driver_name, aborting"
 		return 1
 	fi
diff --git a/test/common/autotest_common.sh b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
index 895a7d83c..b563ccb22 100755
--- a/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+++ b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
@@ -268,11 +268,6 @@ if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ]; then
 
 	MAKE="make"
 	MAKEFLAGS=${MAKEFLAGS:--j$(nproc)}
-	if [[ $SPDK_TEST_USE_IGB_UIO -eq 1 ]]; then
-		export DRIVER_OVERRIDE=igb_uio
-		# Building kernel modules requires root privileges
-		MAKE="sudo $MAKE"
-	fi
 elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "FreeBSD" ]; then
 	MAKE="gmake"
 	MAKEFLAGS=${MAKEFLAGS:--j$(sysctl -a | grep -E -i 'hw.ncpu' | awk '{print $2}')}
@@ -1345,11 +1340,7 @@ function autotest_cleanup() {
 	$rootdir/scripts/setup.sh reset
 	$rootdir/scripts/setup.sh cleanup
 	if [ $(uname -s) = "Linux" ]; then
-		if [[ $SPDK_TEST_USE_IGB_UIO -eq 1 ]]; then
-			[[ -e /sys/module/igb_uio ]] && rmmod igb_uio
-		else
-			modprobe -r uio_pci_generic
-		fi
+		modprobe -r uio_pci_generic
 	fi
 	rm -rf "$asan_suppression_file"
 	if [[ -n $old_core_pattern ]]; then
diff --git a/test/setup/driver.sh b/test/setup/driver.sh
index 88f574860..b983afe34 100755
--- a/test/setup/driver.sh
+++ b/test/setup/driver.sh
@@ -34,22 +34,11 @@ vfio() {
 	return 1
 }
 
-igb_uio() {
-	is_driver igb_uio
-}
-
 pick_driver() {
 	if vfio; then
 		echo "vfio-pci"
 	elif uio; then
-		# Consider special case for broken uio_pci_generic driver
-		if igb_uio; then
-			echo "@(uio_pci_generic|igb_uio)"
-		else
-			echo "uio_pci_generic"
-		fi
-	elif igb_uio; then
-		echo "igb_uio"
+		echo "uio_pci_generic"
 	else
 		echo "No valid driver found"
 	fi