diff --git a/recipes-extended/xen/files/0001-python-pygrub-pass-DISTUTILS-xen-4.18.patch b/recipes-extended/xen/files/0001-python-pygrub-pass-DISTUTILS-xen-4.18.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ac1a399..00000000
--- a/recipes-extended/xen/files/0001-python-pygrub-pass-DISTUTILS-xen-4.18.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-diff --git a/tools/pygrub/Makefile b/tools/pygrub/Makefile
-index 4963bc89c6..c1c05eb421 100644
---- a/tools/pygrub/Makefile
-+++ b/tools/pygrub/Makefile
-@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ setup.py = CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(PY_CFLAGS)" LDSHARED="$(CC)" LDFLAGS="$(PY_LDFLA
- all: build
- .PHONY: build
- build:
--	$(setup.py) build
-+	$(setup.py) build $(DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS)
- 
- .PHONY: install
- install: all
- 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)
- 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBEXEC_BIN)
- 	$(setup.py) install --record $(INSTALL_LOG) $(PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG) \
--		--root="$(DESTDIR)" --force
-+		--root="$(DESTDIR)" --force  $(DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS)
- 	$(INSTALL_PYTHON_PROG) src/pygrub $(DESTDIR)/$(LIBEXEC_BIN)/pygrub
- 	set -e; if [ $(bindir) != $(LIBEXEC_BIN) -a \
- 	             "`readlink -f $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)`" != \
-diff --git a/tools/python/Makefile b/tools/python/Makefile
-index 437431c48e..0a99c2067e 100644
---- a/tools/python/Makefile
-+++ b/tools/python/Makefile
-@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ setup.py = CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(PY_CFLAGS)" LDSHARED="$(CC)" LDFLAGS="$(PY_LDFLA
- 
- .PHONY: build
- build:
--	$(setup.py) build
-+	$(setup.py) build $(DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS)
- 
- .PHONY: install
- install:
- 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_BIN)
- 	$(setup.py) install --record $(INSTALL_LOG) $(PYTHON_PREFIX_ARG) \
--		--root="$(DESTDIR)" --force
-+		--root="$(DESTDIR)" --force $(DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS)
- 	$(INSTALL_PYTHON_PROG) scripts/convert-legacy-stream $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_BIN)
- 	$(INSTALL_PYTHON_PROG) scripts/verify-stream-v2 $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_BIN)
- 
diff --git a/recipes-extended/xen/xen-tools_4.18.bb b/recipes-extended/xen/xen-tools_4.18.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dbe180a..00000000
--- a/recipes-extended/xen/xen-tools_4.18.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# tag: RELEASE-4.18.0
-SRCREV ?= "4da8ca9cb9cfdb92c9dd09d5270ae16a3b2dbc89"
-
-XEN_REL ?= "4.18"
-XEN_BRANCH ?= "stable-4.18"
-
-SRC_URI = " \
-    git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git;branch=${XEN_BRANCH} \
-    file://0001-python-pygrub-pass-DISTUTILS-xen-4.18.patch \
-    "
-
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM ?= "file://COPYING;md5=d1a1e216f80b6d8da95fec897d0dbec9"
-
-PV = "${XEN_REL}+stable"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
-
-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE ??= "-1"
-
-require xen.inc
-require xen-tools.inc
diff --git a/recipes-extended/xen/xen_4.18.bb b/recipes-extended/xen/xen_4.18.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index d0b19013..00000000
--- a/recipes-extended/xen/xen_4.18.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# tag: RELEASE-4.18.0
-SRCREV ?= "01f7a3c792241d348a4e454a30afdf6c0d6cd71c"
-
-XEN_REL ?= "4.18.2"
-XEN_BRANCH ?= "stable-4.18"
-
-SRC_URI = " \
-    git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git;branch=${XEN_BRANCH} \
-    file://0001-menuconfig-mconf-cfg-Allow-specification-of-ncurses-location.patch \
-    file://0001-arm-silence-gcc14-warning-error-on-irq-bounds-check.patch \
-    "
-
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM ?= "file://COPYING;md5=d1a1e216f80b6d8da95fec897d0dbec9"
-
-PV = "${XEN_REL}+stable"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
-
-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE ??= "-1"
-
-require xen.inc
-require xen-hypervisor.inc