diff --git a/examples/bdev/fio_plugin/Makefile b/examples/bdev/fio_plugin/Makefile
index 89e996866..f28aeef28 100644
--- a/examples/bdev/fio_plugin/Makefile
+++ b/examples/bdev/fio_plugin/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ C_SRCS = fio_plugin.c
 CFLAGS += -I$(CONFIG_FIO_SOURCE_DIR)
 LDFLAGS += -shared -rdynamic -Wl,-z,nodelete
 
-SPDK_LIB_LIST = $(ALL_MODULES_LIST)
+# Unable to combine the FIO plugin and the VPP socket abstraction (license incompatibility)
+SPDK_LIB_LIST = $(filter-out sock_vpp,$(ALL_MODULES_LIST))
 SPDK_LIB_LIST += thread util bdev bdev_rpc conf accel rpc jsonrpc json log sock trace notify
 SPDK_LIB_LIST += event event_bdev event_accel event_vmd
 
diff --git a/mk/nvme.libtest.mk b/mk/nvme.libtest.mk
index b226363ab..861ab6c17 100644
--- a/mk/nvme.libtest.mk
+++ b/mk/nvme.libtest.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.modules.mk
 
 C_SRCS = $(APP:%=%.c)
 
-SPDK_LIB_LIST = $(SOCK_MODULES_LIST)
+# Unable to combine the FIO plugin and the VPP socket abstraction (license incompatibility)
+SPDK_LIB_LIST = $(filter-out sock_vpp,$(SOCK_MODULES_LIST))
 SPDK_LIB_LIST += nvme thread util log sock vmd
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RDMA),y)