diff --git a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
index 2a8310e36..97c87b459 100644
--- a/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
+++ b/lib/env_dpdk/env.mk
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ENV_CFLAGS = $(DPDK_INC) -Wno-deprecated-declarations
 ENV_CXXFLAGS = $(ENV_CFLAGS)
 ENV_DPDK_FILE = $(call spdk_lib_list_to_files,env_dpdk)
 ENV_LIBS = $(ENV_DPDK_FILE) $(DPDK_LIB)
-ENV_LINKER_ARGS = $(ENV_DPDK_FILE) -Wl,--start-group -Wl,--whole-archive $(DPDK_LIB) -Wl,--end-group -Wl,--no-whole-archive
+ENV_LINKER_ARGS = $(ENV_DPDK_FILE) -Wl,--whole-archive $(DPDK_LIB) -Wl,--no-whole-archive
 
 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))