diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d1dcd79d..0cb265a6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ The APIs include:
 
 A new flag `ACCEL_FLAG_PERSISTENT` was added to indicate the target memory is PMEM.
 
+The API `spdk_accel_get_capabilities` has been removed.
+
 ### crypto
 
 Support for AES_XTS was added for MLX5 polled mode driver (pmd).
diff --git a/examples/accel/perf/accel_perf.c b/examples/accel/perf/accel_perf.c
index e2f628238..8a52d0a04 100644
--- a/examples/accel/perf/accel_perf.c
+++ b/examples/accel/perf/accel_perf.c
@@ -612,19 +612,6 @@ _worker_stop(void *arg)
 	return SPDK_POLLER_BUSY;
 }
 
-static inline void
-identify_accel_engine_usage(struct spdk_io_channel *ch)
-{
-	uint64_t capabilities;
-
-	assert(ch != NULL);
-	capabilities = spdk_accel_get_capabilities(ch);
-	if ((capabilities & g_workload_selection) != g_workload_selection) {
-		SPDK_WARNLOG("The selected workload is not natively supported by the current engine\n");
-		SPDK_WARNLOG("The software engine will be used instead.\n\n");
-	}
-}
-
 static void
 _init_thread(void *arg1)
 {
@@ -646,17 +633,12 @@ _init_thread(void *arg1)
 	worker->core = spdk_env_get_current_core();
 	worker->thread = spdk_get_thread();
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&g_workers_lock);
-	i = g_num_workers;
 	g_num_workers++;
 	worker->next = g_workers;
 	g_workers = worker;
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&g_workers_lock);
 	worker->ch = spdk_accel_engine_get_io_channel();
 
-	if (i == 0) {
-		identify_accel_engine_usage(worker->ch);
-	}
-
 	TAILQ_INIT(&worker->tasks_pool);
 
 	worker->task_base = calloc(num_tasks, sizeof(struct ap_task));
diff --git a/include/spdk/accel_engine.h b/include/spdk/accel_engine.h
index 8f1028bcd..d38835fef 100644
--- a/include/spdk/accel_engine.h
+++ b/include/spdk/accel_engine.h
@@ -101,15 +101,6 @@ void spdk_accel_engine_module_finish(void);
  */
 struct spdk_io_channel *spdk_accel_engine_get_io_channel(void);
 
-/**
- * Retrieve accel engine HW acceleration capabilities.
- *
- * \param ch I/O channel associated with this call.
- *
- * \return bitmap of HW acceleration capabilities defined by enum accel_capability.
- */
-uint64_t spdk_accel_get_capabilities(struct spdk_io_channel *ch);
-
 /**
  * Submit a copy request.
  *
diff --git a/lib/accel/accel_engine.c b/lib/accel/accel_engine.c
index c2e0e34af..dff1a0904 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel_engine.c
+++ b/lib/accel/accel_engine.c
@@ -128,15 +128,6 @@ spdk_accel_task_complete(struct spdk_accel_task *accel_task, int status)
 	cb_fn(cb_arg, status);
 }
 
-/* Accel framework public API for discovering current engine capabilities. */
-uint64_t
-spdk_accel_get_capabilities(struct spdk_io_channel *ch)
-{
-	struct accel_io_channel *accel_ch = spdk_io_channel_get_ctx(ch);
-
-	return accel_ch->engine->capabilities;
-}
-
 inline static struct spdk_accel_task *
 _get_task(struct accel_io_channel *accel_ch, spdk_accel_completion_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
 {
diff --git a/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map b/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map
index fb1164fa1..f695392d9 100644
--- a/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map
+++ b/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 	spdk_accel_engine_finish;
 	spdk_accel_engine_module_finish;
 	spdk_accel_engine_get_io_channel;
-	spdk_accel_get_capabilities;
 	spdk_accel_submit_copy;
 	spdk_accel_submit_dualcast;
 	spdk_accel_submit_compare;
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_engine_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_engine_ut.c
index c98d89645..71ec13983 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_engine_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_engine_ut.c
@@ -161,21 +161,6 @@ test_spdk_accel_task_complete(void)
 	CU_ASSERT(expected_accel_task == &accel_task);
 }
 
-static void
-test_spdk_accel_get_capabilities(void)
-{
-	uint64_t cap, expected_cap;
-
-	/* Setup a few capabilities and make sure they are reported as expected. */
-	g_accel_ch->engine = &g_accel_engine;
-	expected_cap = ACCEL_COPY | ACCEL_DUALCAST | ACCEL_CRC32C;
-	g_accel_ch->engine->capabilities = expected_cap;
-
-	cap = spdk_accel_get_capabilities(g_ch);
-	CU_ASSERT(cap == expected_cap);
-}
-
-
 static void
 test_get_task(void)
 {
@@ -799,7 +784,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_accel_sw_unregister);
 	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_is_supported);
 	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_spdk_accel_task_complete);
-	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_spdk_accel_get_capabilities);
 	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_get_task);
 	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_spdk_accel_submit_copy);
 	CU_ADD_TEST(suite, test_spdk_accel_submit_dualcast);