diff --git a/conf/distro/include/meta-virt-xen.inc b/conf/distro/include/meta-virt-xen.inc
index 1ad670ed..fe3fd221 100644
--- a/conf/distro/include/meta-virt-xen.inc
+++ b/conf/distro/include/meta-virt-xen.inc
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ IMAGE_FSTYPES_append_raspberrypi4-64 = " rpi-sdimg"
 # Add Xen to the bootable SD card image
 RPI_SDIMG_EXTRA_DEPENDS_append_raspberrypi4-64 = " xen:do_deploy"
 DEPLOYPAYLOAD_raspberrypi4-64 = "xen-${MACHINE}:xen"
+# We need the GIC enabled for Xen to work
+RPI_EXTRA_CONFIG_append_raspberrypi4-64  = "\nenable_gic=1"
 # Align kernel version with current meta-virtualization kernel version
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-raspberrypi ?= "5.4.%"
diff --git a/dynamic-layers/raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-config_git.bbappend b/dynamic-layers/raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-config_git.bbappend
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b9c4fbc..00000000
--- a/dynamic-layers/raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-config_git.bbappend
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-do_deploy_append() {
-    # We need the GIC enabled for Xen to work.
-    if [ "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'xen', 'yes', 'no', d)}" = "yes" ]; then
-        echo "enable_gic=1" >> ${DEPLOYDIR}/bcm2835-bootfiles/config.txt
-    fi
-}