diff --git a/buildtools/check-symbols.sh b/buildtools/check-symbols.sh
index e458c0a..9031a18 100755
--- a/buildtools/check-symbols.sh
+++ b/buildtools/check-symbols.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fi

 DUMPFILE=$(mktemp -t dpdk.${0##*/}.objdump.XXXXXX)
 trap 'rm -f "$DUMPFILE"' EXIT
-objdump -t $OBJFILE >$DUMPFILE
+@OBJDUMP@ -t $OBJFILE >$DUMPFILE

 ret=0

diff --git a/buildtools/meson.build b/buildtools/meson.build
index e1c600e..6b09e63 100644
--- a/buildtools/meson.build
+++ b/buildtools/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 pkgconf = find_program('pkg-config', 'pkgconf', required: false)
 check_symbols = find_program('check-symbols.sh')
 ldflags_ibverbs_static = find_program('options-ibverbs-static.sh')
-objdump = find_program('objdump', 'llvm-objdump')
+objdump = find_program('@OBJDUMP@')

 python3 = import('python').find_installation(required: false)
 if python3.found()
@@ -24,18 +24,11 @@ binutils_avx512_check = (py3 + files('binutils-avx512-check.py') +
 # select library and object file format
 pmdinfo = py3 + files('gen-pmdinfo-cfile.py') + [meson.current_build_dir()]
 pmdinfogen = py3 + files('pmdinfogen.py')
+ar = find_program('ar')
+pmdinfo += ar
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-    if cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
-        pmdinfo += 'ar'
-    else
-        pmdinfo += 'llvm-ar'
-    endif
     pmdinfogen += 'coff'
-elif host_machine.system() == 'freebsd'
-    pmdinfo += 'llvm-ar'
-    pmdinfogen += 'elf'
 else
-    pmdinfo += 'ar'
     pmdinfogen += 'elf'
 endif

diff --git a/devtools/check-abi-version.sh b/devtools/check-abi-version.sh
index f0cca42..6efe1eb 100755
--- a/devtools/check-abi-version.sh
+++ b/devtools/check-abi-version.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ NEXT_ABIVER="DPDK_$((${2-$DEFAULT_ABI}+1))"
 ret=0

 # get output of objdump
-OBJ_DUMP_OUTPUT=`objdump -TC --section=.text ${LIB} 2>&1 | grep ".text"`
+OBJ_DUMP_OUTPUT=`@OBJDUMP@ -TC --section=.text ${LIB} 2>&1 | grep ".text"`

 # there may not be any .text sections in the .so file, in which case exit early
 echo "${OBJ_DUMP_OUTPUT}" | grep "not found in any input file" -q