diff --git a/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk b/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk
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index a2ddf3813..000000000
--- a/mk/spdk.nvmecli.mk
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-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-#  Copyright (C) 2020 Intel Corporation.
-#  All rights reserved.
-#
-
-SPDK_ROOT_DIR ?= $(abspath $(CURDIR)/..)
-SPDK_LIB_DIR ?= $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/build/lib
-
-include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/config.mk
-
-DPDK_LIB_DIR ?= $(CONFIG_DPDK_DIR)/lib
-DPDK_LIB_LIST = -lrte_eal -lrte_mempool -lrte_ring -lrte_pci -lrte_bus_pci -lrte_mbuf
-
-ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_kvargs.*))
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += -lrte_kvargs
-endif
-
-ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_power.*))
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += -lrte_power
-endif
-
-ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_telemetry.*))
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += -lrte_telemetry
-endif
-
-NVMECLI_SPDK_LIBS = -lspdk_log -lspdk_sock -lspdk_nvme -lspdk_env_dpdk -lspdk_util -lspdk_jsonrpc -lspdk_json -lspdk_rpc
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_RDMA),y)
-NVMECLI_SPDK_LIBS += -lspdk_rdma
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_OCF),y)
-NVMECLI_SPDK_LIBS += -lspdk_ocfenv
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_VHOST),y)
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += -lrte_vhost -lrte_net -lrte_cryptodev -lrte_hash
-ifneq (, $(wildcard $(DPDK_LIB_DIR)/librte_dmadev.*))
-DPDK_LIB_LIST += -lrte_dmadev
-endif
-endif
-
-override CFLAGS += -I$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/include
-override LDFLAGS += \
-	-Wl,--whole-archive \
-	-L$(SPDK_LIB_DIR) $(NVMECLI_SPDK_LIBS) \
-	-L$(DPDK_LIB_DIR) $(DPDK_LIB_LIST) \
-	-Wl,--no-whole-archive \
-	-ldl -pthread -lrt -lrdmacm -lnuma -libverbs
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_LIBBSD),y)
-override LDFLAGS += -lbsd
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL), y)
-ISAL_DIR=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/isa-l
-override LDFLAGS += -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs -lisal
-override CFLAGS += -I$(ISAL_DIR)/..
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ASAN),y)
-override CFLAGS += -fsanitize=address
-override LDFLAGS += -fsanitize=address
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_UBSAN),y)
-override CFLAGS += -fsanitize=undefined
-override LDFLAGS += -fsanitize=undefined
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_TSAN),y)
-override CFLAGS += -fsanitize=thread
-override LDFLAGS += -fsanitize=thread
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_COVERAGE), y)
-override CFLAGS += -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
-override LDFLAGS += -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISCSI_INITIATOR),y)
-override LDFLAGS += -L/usr/lib64/iscsi -liscsi
-endif