diff --git a/.ci/dpdk-build.sh b/.ci/dpdk-build.sh
index e1b8e3ccb..991b272ea 100755
--- a/.ci/dpdk-build.sh
+++ b/.ci/dpdk-build.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function build_dpdk()
     # any DPDK driver.
     # check-dpdk unit tests requires testpmd and some net/ driver.
     DPDK_OPTS="$DPDK_OPTS -Denable_apps=test-pmd"
-    enable_drivers="net/null,net/af_xdp,net/tap,net/virtio,net/pcap"
+    enable_drivers="net/null,net/af_xdp,net/tap,net/virtio"
     DPDK_OPTS="$DPDK_OPTS -Denable_drivers=$enable_drivers"
     # OVS depends on the vhost library (and its dependencies).
     # net/tap depends on the gso library.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 827d3ae31..421b3d860 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   build-dpdk:
     env:
-      dependencies: gcc libbpf-dev libnuma-dev libpcap-dev ninja-build pkgconf
+      dependencies: gcc libbpf-dev libnuma-dev ninja-build pkgconf
       CC: gcc
       DPDK_GIT: https://dpdk.org/git/dpdk-stable
       DPDK_VER: 23.11.2
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       dependencies: |
         automake libtool gcc bc libjemalloc2 libjemalloc-dev libssl-dev \
-        llvm-dev libnuma-dev libpcap-dev selinux-policy-dev libbpf-dev \
-        lftp libreswan
+        llvm-dev libnuma-dev selinux-policy-dev libbpf-dev lftp libreswan
       CC:          ${{ matrix.compiler }}
       DPDK:        ${{ matrix.dpdk }}
       DPDK_SHARED: ${{ matrix.dpdk_shared }}
@@ -271,8 +270,8 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-dpdk
     env:
       dependencies: |
-        automake bc clang-tools libbpf-dev libnuma-dev libpcap-dev \
-        libunbound-dev libunwind-dev libssl-dev libtool llvm-dev
+        automake bc clang-tools libbpf-dev libnuma-dev libunbound-dev \
+        libunwind-dev libssl-dev libtool llvm-dev
       CC:   clang
       DPDK: dpdk
       CLANG_ANALYZE: true