diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
index 5c20e45ec354..bd5d9db661a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 { stdenv, lib
-, kernel
 , fetchurl
 , pkg-config, meson, ninja, makeWrapper
 , libbsd, numactl, libbpf, zlib, elfutils, jansson, openssl, libpcap, rdma-core
@@ -13,16 +12,13 @@
   )
 }:
 
-let
-  mod = kernel != null;
-  dpdkVersion = "23.07";
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dpdk";
-  version = "${dpdkVersion}" + lib.optionalString mod "-${kernel.version}";
+  version = "23.11";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-${dpdkVersion}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-4IYU6K65KUB9c9cWmZKJpE70A0NSJx8JOX7vkysjs9Y=";
+    url = "https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-ZPpY/fyelRDo5BTjvt0WW9PUykZaIxsoAyP4PNU/2GU=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     openssl.dev
     zlib
     python3
-  ] ++ lib.optionals mod kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     # Propagated to support current DPDK users in nixpkgs which statically link
@@ -56,21 +52,15 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs config/arm buildtools
-  '' + lib.optionalString mod ''
-    # kernel_install_dir is hardcoded to `/lib/modules`; patch that.
-    sed -i "s,kernel_install_dir *= *['\"].*,kernel_install_dir = '$kmod/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}'," kernel/linux/meson.build
   '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dtests=false"
     "-Denable_docs=true"
-    "-Denable_kmods=${lib.boolToString mod}"
+    "-Ddeveloper_mode=disabled"
   ]
-  # kni kernel driver is currently not compatble with 5.11
-  ++ lib.optional (mod && kernel.kernelOlder "5.11") "-Ddisable_drivers=kni"
   ++ [(if shared then "-Ddefault_library=shared" else "-Ddefault_library=static")]
   ++ lib.optional (machine != null) "-Dmachine=${machine}"
-  ++ lib.optional mod "-Dkernel_dir=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
   ++ lib.optional (withExamples != []) "-Dexamples=${builtins.concatStringsSep "," withExamples}";
 
   postInstall = ''
@@ -87,7 +77,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   outputs =
     [ "out" "doc" ]
-    ++ lib.optional mod "kmod"
     ++ lib.optional (withExamples != []) "examples";
 
   meta = with lib; {
@@ -96,6 +85,5 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     license = with licenses; [ lgpl21 gpl2 bsd2 ];
     platforms =  platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ magenbluten orivej mic92 zhaofengli ];
-    broken = mod && kernel.isHardened;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8fbc09e2afac..a7d768dabff6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27683,9 +27683,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cryptodev = linuxPackages.cryptodev;
 
-  dpdk = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dpdk {
-    kernel = null; # dpdk modules are in linuxPackages.dpdk.kmod
-  };
+  dpdk = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dpdk { };
 
   keyutils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/keyutils { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
index afcec5061a36..4cfba7c9c724 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) odp-dpdk pktgen; # added 2018-05
     inherit (pkgs) bcc bpftrace; # added 2021-12
     inherit (pkgs) oci-seccomp-bpf-hook; # added 2022-11
+    inherit (pkgs) dpdk; # added 2024-03
 
     acpi_call = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/acpi-call {};
 
@@ -345,8 +346,6 @@ in {
 
     dpdk-kmods = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dpdk-kmods { };
 
-    dpdk = pkgs.dpdk.override { inherit kernel; };
-
     exfat-nofuse = if lib.versionOlder kernel.version "5.8" then callPackage ../os-specific/linux/exfat { } else null;
 
     evdi = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/evdi { };