diff --git a/networking/openvswitch/centos/openvswitch.spec b/networking/openvswitch/centos/openvswitch.spec
index fa49f39fa..c5676c7ff 100644
--- a/networking/openvswitch/centos/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/networking/openvswitch/centos/openvswitch.spec
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ cd -
 make %{?_smp_mflags} \
 %if %{with dpdk}
 %ifarch %{dpdkarches}
-  LDFLAGS="-libverbs -lmlx4 -lmlx5"
+  LDFLAGS="-libverbs -lmlx5"
 %endif
 %endif
 
diff --git a/networking/openvswitch/files/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc-config b/networking/openvswitch/files/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc-config
index 54f7951df..a3a15e3c1 100644
--- a/networking/openvswitch/files/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc-config
+++ b/networking/openvswitch/files/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc-config
@@ -207,10 +207,9 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FM10K_DEBUG_DRIVER=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FM10K_RX_OLFLAGS_ENABLE=y
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FM10K_INC_VECTOR=y
 # Compile burst-oriented Mellanox ConnectX-3 (MLX4) PMD
-CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD=y
+CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG_BROKEN_VERBS=n
-CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_TX_MP_CACHE=8
 # Compile burst-oriented Mellanox ConnectX-4 & ConnectX-5 (MLX5) PMD
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD=y
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_DEBUG=n