diff --git a/recipes-extended/xen/xen-tools_4.16.bb b/recipes-extended/xen/xen-tools_4.16.bb
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index 20671af5..00000000
--- a/recipes-extended/xen/xen-tools_4.16.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# stable-4.16 status on 2023-05-26
-SRCREV ?= "b0806d84d48d983d40a29534e663652887287a78"
-
-XEN_REL ?= "4.16"
-XEN_BRANCH ?= "stable-${XEN_REL}"
-
-SRC_URI = " \
-    git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git;branch=${XEN_BRANCH} \
-    file://0001-python-pygrub-pass-DISTUTILS-xen-4.15.patch \
-    file://0001-tools-xenstore-xenstored_control.c-correctly-print-t.patch \
-    "
-
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM ?= "file://COPYING;md5=419739e325a50f3d7b4501338e44a4e5"
-
-PV = "${XEN_REL}+stable"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
-
-require xen.inc
-require xen-tools.inc
-
-SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN}-xencommons:append = " \
-    var-lib-xenstored.mount \
-    "
diff --git a/recipes-extended/xen/xen_4.16.bb b/recipes-extended/xen/xen_4.16.bb
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index f4d922c5..00000000
--- a/recipes-extended/xen/xen_4.16.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# stable-4.16 status on 2023-05-26
-SRCREV ?= "b0806d84d48d983d40a29534e663652887287a78"
-
-XEN_REL ?= "4.16"
-XEN_BRANCH ?= "stable-${XEN_REL}"
-
-SRC_URI = " \
-    git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git;branch=${XEN_BRANCH} \
-    file://0001-menuconfig-mconf-cfg-Allow-specification-of-ncurses-location.patch \
-    "
-
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM ?= "file://COPYING;md5=419739e325a50f3d7b4501338e44a4e5"
-
-PV = "${XEN_REL}+stable"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
-
-require xen.inc
-require xen-hypervisor.inc