diff --git a/dpdkbuild/Makefile b/dpdkbuild/Makefile
index 352a83a6f..2515998fe 100644
--- a/dpdkbuild/Makefile
+++ b/dpdkbuild/Makefile
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ CRYPTO_ENABLED=n
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CRYPTO),y)
 ifeq ($(TARGET_MACHINE),x86_64)
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/intel-ipsec-mb/README),)
-INTEL_IPSEC_MB_LIB=$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/intel-ipsec-mb/libIPSec_MB.a
-IPSEC_MB_CFLAGS = -fPIC
 CRYPTO_ENABLED = y
 DPDK_OPTS += CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_AESNI_MB=y
 DPDK_OPTS += CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV=y
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ DPDK_OPTS += CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n
 endif
 endif
 endif
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(CRYPTO_ENABLED),n)
 DPDK_OPTS += CONFIG_RTE_EAL_IGB_UIO=n
@@ -87,17 +83,14 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(CC_TYPE),clang)
 DPDK_CONFIG := $(DPDK_CONFIG)-clang
-IPSEC_CC := clang
 else
 DPDK_CONFIG := $(DPDK_CONFIG)-gcc
-IPSEC_CC := gcc
 endif
 
 DPDK_CFLAGS = -fPIC
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG),y)
 DPDK_CFLAGS += -O0 -g
-IPSEC_OPTS += DEBUG=y
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_WERROR),y)
@@ -114,20 +107,13 @@ endif
 # Allow users to specify EXTRA_DPDK_CFLAGS if they want to build DPDK using unsupported compiler versions
 DPDK_CFLAGS += $(EXTRA_DPDK_CFLAGS)
 
-$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build: $(INTEL_IPSEC_MB_LIB)
+$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk config T=$(DPDK_CONFIG) $(DPDK_OPTS)
 
-all: $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build $(INTEL_IPSEC_MB_LIB)
+all: $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(DPDK_CFLAGS)" MAKEFLAGS="T=$(DPDK_CONFIG) -j$(NPROC)" $(DPDK_OPTS)
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_CRYPTO),y)
-$(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/intel-ipsec-mb/libIPSec_MB.a:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/intel-ipsec-mb EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(IPSEC_MB_CFLAGS)" $(IPSEC_OPTS) MAKEFLAGS="j$(NPROC)" CC=$(IPSEC_CC)
-endif
-
 clean:
-	$(Q)rm -rf $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build; \
-	rm -rf $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/intel-ipsec-mb/obj/*; \
-	rm -rf $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/intel-ipsec-mb/libIPSec_MB.a
+	$(Q)rm -rf $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/dpdk/build
 
 install: all
diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
index 989bdd11c..ba956dbb3 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ DPDK_LIB_LIST += rte_kvargs
 endif
 
 DPDK_LIB = $(DPDK_LIB_LIST:%=$(DPDK_ABS_DIR)/lib/lib%$(DPDK_LIB_EXT))
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_CRYPTO),y)
-DPDK_LIB += $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/intel-ipsec-mb/libIPSec_MB.a
-endif
 
 # SPDK memory registration requires experimental (deprecated) rte_memory API for DPDK 18.05
 ENV_CFLAGS = $(DPDK_INC) -Wno-deprecated-declarations
@@ -98,6 +95,10 @@ ENV_DPDK_FILE = $(call spdk_lib_list_to_static_libs,env_dpdk)
 ENV_LIBS = $(ENV_DPDK_FILE) $(DPDK_LIB)
 ENV_LINKER_ARGS = $(ENV_DPDK_FILE) -Wl,--whole-archive $(DPDK_LIB) -Wl,--no-whole-archive
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_CRYPTO),y)
+ENV_LINKER_ARGS += -lIPSec_MB
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(wildcard $(DPDK_INC_DIR)/rte_config.h))
 ifneq (,$(shell grep -e "define RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_NUMA 1" -e "define RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES 1" $(DPDK_INC_DIR)/rte_config.h))
 ENV_LINKER_ARGS += -lnuma