diff --git a/lib/eal/windows/include/pthread.h b/lib/eal/windows/include/pthread.h
index f7cf0e9ddfb..051b9311c23 100644
--- a/lib/eal/windows/include/pthread.h
+++ b/lib/eal/windows/include/pthread.h
@@ -42,92 +42,6 @@ typedef SYNCHRONIZATION_BARRIER pthread_barrier_t;
 	!DeleteSynchronizationBarrier(barrier)
 #define pthread_cancel(thread) !TerminateThread((HANDLE) thread, 0)
 
-/* pthread function overrides */
-#define pthread_self() \
-	((pthread_t)GetCurrentThreadId())
-
-
-static inline int
-pthread_equal(pthread_t t1, pthread_t t2)
-{
-	return t1 == t2;
-}
-
-static inline int
-pthread_setaffinity_np(pthread_t threadid, size_t cpuset_size,
-			rte_cpuset_t *cpuset)
-{
-	DWORD_PTR ret = 0;
-	HANDLE thread_handle;
-
-	if (cpuset == NULL || cpuset_size == 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	thread_handle = OpenThread(THREAD_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, threadid);
-	if (thread_handle == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG_WIN32_ERR("OpenThread()");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	ret = SetThreadAffinityMask(thread_handle, *cpuset->_bits);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG_WIN32_ERR("SetThreadAffinityMask()");
-		goto close_handle;
-	}
-
-close_handle:
-	if (CloseHandle(thread_handle) == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG_WIN32_ERR("CloseHandle()");
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return (ret == 0) ? -1 : 0;
-}
-
-static inline int
-pthread_getaffinity_np(pthread_t threadid, size_t cpuset_size,
-			rte_cpuset_t *cpuset)
-{
-	/* Workaround for the lack of a GetThreadAffinityMask()
-	 *API in Windows
-	 */
-	DWORD_PTR prev_affinity_mask;
-	HANDLE thread_handle;
-	DWORD_PTR ret = 0;
-
-	if (cpuset == NULL || cpuset_size == 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	thread_handle = OpenThread(THREAD_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, threadid);
-	if (thread_handle == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG_WIN32_ERR("OpenThread()");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	/* obtain previous mask by setting dummy mask */
-	prev_affinity_mask = SetThreadAffinityMask(thread_handle, 0x1);
-	if (prev_affinity_mask == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG_WIN32_ERR("SetThreadAffinityMask()");
-		goto close_handle;
-	}
-
-	/* set it back! */
-	ret = SetThreadAffinityMask(thread_handle, prev_affinity_mask);
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG_WIN32_ERR("SetThreadAffinityMask()");
-		goto close_handle;
-	}
-
-	memset(cpuset, 0, cpuset_size);
-	*cpuset->_bits = prev_affinity_mask;
-
-close_handle:
-	if (CloseHandle(thread_handle) == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG_WIN32_ERR("SetThreadAffinityMask()");
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return (ret == 0) ? -1 : 0;
-}
-
 static inline int
 pthread_create(void *threadid, const void *threadattr, void *threadfunc,
 		void *args)
@@ -144,19 +58,6 @@ pthread_create(void *threadid, const void *threadattr, void *threadfunc,
 	return ((hThread != NULL) ? 0 : E_FAIL);
 }
 
-static inline int
-pthread_detach(__rte_unused pthread_t thread)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline int
-pthread_join(__rte_unused pthread_t thread,
-	__rte_unused void **value_ptr)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline int
 pthread_mutex_init(pthread_mutex_t *mutex,
 		   __rte_unused pthread_mutexattr_t *attr)