diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c1a8c15cb..97ae9e100 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -490,29 +490,6 @@ if [ -z "${CONFIG[ENV]}" ]; then
 			CONFIG[DPDK_DIR]="${rootdir}/dpdk/build"
 			echo "Using default DPDK in ${CONFIG[DPDK_DIR]}"
 		fi
-
-		if [ "${CONFIG[VHOST]}" = "y" ]; then
-			# We lookup "common_linux" file to check if DPDK version is >= 19.05.
-			# "common_linux" is available since exactly DPDK 19.05 - it was renamed
-			# from "common_linuxapp".
-			if [ ! -f "$rootdir"/dpdk/config/common_linux ]; then
-				echo "ERROR: Vhost only supports DPDK >= 19.05. Please use newer DPDK or disable vhost library --without-vhost."
-				exit 1
-			fi
-		fi
-	else
-		if [ "${CONFIG[VHOST]}" = "y" ]; then
-			# DPDK must be already built, so we can simply try to use the new rte_vhost.
-			# It has a number of internal dependencies though, so don't try to link the
-			# program, just compile it
-			if ! echo -e '#include <rte_vhost.h>\n' \
-				'int main(void) { return rte_vhost_extern_callback_register(0, NULL, NULL); }\n' \
-				| ${BUILD_CMD[@]} -c -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Werror \
-				-I"${CONFIG[DPDK_DIR]}/include" - &>/dev/null; then
-				echo "ERROR: Vhost only supports DPDK >= 19.05. Please use newer DPDK or disable vhost library --without-vhost."
-				exit 1
-			fi
-		fi
 	fi
 else
 	if [ -n "${CONFIG[DPDK_DIR]}" ]; then