diff --git a/config/arm/arm64_dpaa2_linux_gcc b/config/arm/arm64_dpaa2_linux_gcc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0df8c8f7d..000000000
--- a/config/arm/arm64_dpaa2_linux_gcc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[binaries]
-c = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc'
-cpp = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-cpp'
-ar = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-ar'
-as = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-as'
-strip = 'aarch64-linux-gnu-strip'
-pcap-config = ''
-
-[host_machine]
-system = 'linux'
-cpu_family = 'aarch64'
-cpu = 'armv8-a'
-endian = 'little'
-
-[properties]
-implementor_id = 'dpaa2'
diff --git a/config/arm/meson.build b/config/arm/meson.build
index d9f9811f7..f00aecd7e 100644
--- a/config/arm/meson.build
+++ b/config/arm/meson.build
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ flags_dpaa = [
 	['RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE', 64],
 	['RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES', 1],
 	['RTE_MAX_LCORE', 16]]
-flags_dpaa2 = [
-	['RTE_MACHINE', '"dpaa2"'],
-	['RTE_USE_C11_MEM_MODEL', true],
-	['RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE', 64],
-	['RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES', 1],
-	['RTE_MAX_LCORE', 16],
 	['RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_USE_PHYS_IOVA', false]]
 flags_armada = [
 	['RTE_MACHINE', '"armv8a"'],
@@ -115,7 +109,6 @@ impl_0x53 = ['Samsung', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
 impl_0x56 = ['Marvell ARMADA', flags_armada, machine_args_generic]
 impl_0x69 = ['Intel', flags_generic, machine_args_generic]
 impl_dpaa = ['NXP DPAA', flags_dpaa, machine_args_generic]
-impl_dpaa2 = ['NXP DPAA2', flags_dpaa2, machine_args_generic]
 
 dpdk_conf.set('RTE_FORCE_INTRINSICS', 1)
 
diff --git a/config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa-linuxapp-gcc b/config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa-linuxapp-gcc
index 19614fb01..4ae4cd850 100644
--- a/config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa-linuxapp-gcc
+++ b/config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa-linuxapp-gcc
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright 2016 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
-# Copyright 2017 NXP
+# Copyright 2017-2019 NXP
 
 #include "defconfig_arm64-armv8a-linux-gcc"
 
-# NXP (Freescale) - Soc Architecture with FMAN, QMAN & BMAN support
+# NXP (Freescale) - Soc Architecture for DPAA or DPAA2 support
+# DPAA - FMAN, QMAN & BMAN support (e.g. LS1043, LS1046)
+# DPAA2 - WRIOP and QBMAN (e.g. LS1088, LS2088, LX2160 etc)
+#
 CONFIG_RTE_MACHINE="dpaa"
 CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM_TUNE="cortex-a72"
-CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_NUMA=n
-CONFIG_RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES=n
 
 #
 # Compile Environment Abstraction Layer
@@ -18,6 +19,13 @@ CONFIG_RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES=1
 CONFIG_RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE=64
 CONFIG_RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM=128
 
+# Doesn't support NUMA
+CONFIG_RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES=n
+CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_NUMA=n
+
+# Enable PHY mode when using VM-VFIO target
+CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_USE_PHYS_IOVA=n
+
 # NXP DPAA Bus
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_DEBUG_DRIVER=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_HWDEBUG=n
diff --git a/config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-linux-gcc b/config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-linux-gcc
deleted file mode 120000
index 9a6c6c4cb..000000000
--- a/config/defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-linux-gcc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-linuxapp-gcc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/dpaa2_sec.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/dpaa2_sec.rst
index 9e21d3169..55f0d6856 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/dpaa2_sec.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/dpaa2_sec.rst
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ to enable DPAA2_SEC PMD.
 Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
 
 * ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_DPAA2_SEC`` (default ``n``)
-  By default it is only enabled in defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-* config.
+  By default it is only enabled in defconfig_arm64-dpaa-* config.
   Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_dpaa2_sec`` driver.
 
 Installations
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ following ``make`` command:
 .. code-block:: console
 
    cd <DPDK-source-directory>
-   make config T=arm64-dpaa2-linux-gcc install
+   make config T=arm64-dpaa-linux-gcc install
 
 Enabling logs
 -------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/eventdevs/dpaa2.rst b/doc/guides/eventdevs/dpaa2.rst
index a24a43c15..dd8ebbcd0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/eventdevs/dpaa2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/eventdevs/dpaa2.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ following ``make`` command:
 .. code-block:: console
 
    cd <DPDK-source-directory>
-   make config T=arm64-dpaa2-linux-gcc install
+   make config T=arm64-dpaa-linux-gcc install
 
 Initialization
 --------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
index 28a8e0920..e799b0ba4 100644
--- a/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/linux_gsg/cross_build_dpdk_for_arm64.rst
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Copy the NUMA header files and lib to the cross compiler's directories:
 
 Configure and cross compile DPDK Build
 --------------------------------------
-To configure a build, choose one of the target configurations, like arm64-dpaa2-linux-gcc and arm64-thunderx-linux-gcc.
+To configure a build, choose one of the target configurations, like arm64-dpaa-linux-gcc and arm64-thunderx-linux-gcc.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/build_and_test.rst b/doc/guides/nics/build_and_test.rst
index aae5c111d..f99e019ff 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/build_and_test.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/build_and_test.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Example output:
 
    arm-armv7a-linux-gcc
    arm64-armv8a-linux-gcc
-   arm64-dpaa2-linux-gcc
+   arm64-dpaa-linux-gcc
    arm64-thunderx-linux-gcc
    arm64-xgene1-linux-gcc
    i686-native-linux-gcc
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/dpaa.rst b/doc/guides/nics/dpaa.rst
index f85920012..17839a920 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/dpaa.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/dpaa.rst
@@ -201,14 +201,12 @@ Config File Options
 The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
 Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_BUS`` (default ``n``)
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_BUS`` (default ``y``)
 
-  By default it is enabled only for defconfig_arm64-dpaa-* config.
   Toggle compilation of the ``librte_bus_dpaa`` driver.
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_PMD`` (default ``n``)
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_PMD`` (default ``y``)
 
-  By default it is enabled only for defconfig_arm64-dpaa-* config.
   Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_dpaa`` driver.
 
 - ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_DEBUG_DRIVER`` (default ``n``)
@@ -222,12 +220,6 @@ Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
   Enables debugging of the Queue and Buffer Manager layer which interacts
   with the DPAA hardware.
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_MEMPOOL_OPS`` (default ``dpaa``)
-
-  This is not a DPAA specific configuration - it is a generic RTE config.
-  For optimal performance and hardware utilization, it is expected that DPAA
-  Mempool driver is used for mempools. For that, this configuration needs to
-  enabled.
 
 Environment Variables
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst
index 99e4c8d72..b6d9e2129 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/dpaa2.rst
@@ -441,21 +441,19 @@ Config File Options
 The following options can be modified in the ``config`` file.
 Please note that enabling debugging options may affect system performance.
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FSLMC_BUS`` (default ``n``)
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FSLMC_BUS`` (default ``y``)
 
-  By default it is enabled only for defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-* config.
   Toggle compilation of the ``librte_bus_fslmc`` driver.
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_PMD`` (default ``n``)
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_PMD`` (default ``y``)
 
-  By default it is enabled only for defconfig_arm64-dpaa2-* config.
   Toggle compilation of the ``librte_pmd_dpaa2`` driver.
 
 - ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_DEBUG_DRIVER`` (default ``n``)
 
   Toggle display of debugging messages/logic
 
-- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_USE_PHYS_IOVA`` (default ``y``)
+- ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA2_USE_PHYS_IOVA`` (default ``n``)
 
   Toggle to use physical address vs virtual address for hardware accelerators.
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/rawdevs/dpaa2_cmdif.rst b/doc/guides/rawdevs/dpaa2_cmdif.rst
index ac5f0f137..bcd603c81 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rawdevs/dpaa2_cmdif.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rawdevs/dpaa2_cmdif.rst
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ following ``make`` command:
 .. code-block:: console
 
    cd <DPDK-source-directory>
-   make config T=arm64-dpaa2-linux-gcc install
+   make config T=arm64-dpaa-linux-gcc install
 
 Initialization
 --------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/rawdevs/dpaa2_qdma.rst b/doc/guides/rawdevs/dpaa2_qdma.rst
index 1550ca5ba..a5085c2c0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rawdevs/dpaa2_qdma.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rawdevs/dpaa2_qdma.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ following ``make`` command:
 .. code-block:: console
 
    cd <DPDK-source-directory>
-   make config T=arm64-dpaa2-linux-gcc install
+   make config T=arm64-dpaa-linux-gcc install
 
 Initialization
 --------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
index ae8e7b2f0..27a17ede5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ Removed Items
   * Quota and Watermark
   * vhost-scsi
 
+* Removed arm64-dpaa2-* build config. arm64-dpaa-* can now build for both
+  dpaa and dpaa2 platforms.
 
 API Changes
 -----------
diff --git a/mk/machine/dpaa2/rte.vars.mk b/mk/machine/dpaa2/rte.vars.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index aaa03c424..000000000
--- a/mk/machine/dpaa2/rte.vars.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-# Copyright (c) 2016 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All rights reserved.
-# Copyright 2016 NXP
-
-#
-# machine:
-#
-#   - can define ARCH variable (overridden by cmdline value)
-#   - can define CROSS variable (overridden by cmdline value)
-#   - define MACHINE_CFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value)
-#   - define MACHINE_LDFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value)
-#   - define MACHINE_ASFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value)
-#   - can define CPU_CFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value) that
-#     overrides the one defined in arch.
-#   - can define CPU_LDFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value) that
-#     overrides the one defined in arch.
-#   - can define CPU_ASFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value) that
-#     overrides the one defined in arch.
-#   - may override any previously defined variable
-#
-
-# ARCH =
-# CROSS =
-# MACHINE_CFLAGS =
-# MACHINE_LDFLAGS =
-# MACHINE_ASFLAGS =
-# CPU_CFLAGS =
-# CPU_LDFLAGS =
-# CPU_ASFLAGS =
-MACHINE_CFLAGS += -march=armv8-a+crc
-
-ifdef CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM_TUNE
-MACHINE_CFLAGS += -mtune=$(CONFIG_RTE_ARCH_ARM_TUNE:"%"=%)
-endif
-
-# To avoid TLS corruption issue.
-MACHINE_CFLAGS += -mtls-dialect=trad
