diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/fix-disable-ipv6.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/fix-disable-ipv6.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 603d2baf9d2..00000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/fix-disable-ipv6.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-From c7c27ba763c613f83c1561e56448b49315c271c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang@windriver.com>
-Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 09:36:11 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Upstream:
- http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-inetutils@gnu.org/msg02103.html
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-Signed-off-by: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang@windriver.com>
-
----
- ping/ping_common.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/ping/ping_common.h b/ping/ping_common.h
-index 65e3e60..3e84db0 100644
---- a/ping/ping_common.h
-+++ b/ping/ping_common.h
-@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with this program.  If not, see `http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'. */
- 
-+#include <config.h>
-+
- #include <netinet/in_systm.h>
- #include <netinet/in.h>
- #include <netinet/ip.h>
-+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
- #include <netinet/icmp6.h>
-+#endif
- #include <icmp.h>
- #include <error.h>
- #include <progname.h>
-@@ -63,7 +67,12 @@ struct ping_stat
-    want to follow the traditional behaviour of ping.  */
- #define DEFAULT_PING_COUNT 0
- 
-+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
- #define PING_HEADER_LEN (USE_IPV6 ? sizeof (struct icmp6_hdr) : ICMP_MINLEN)
-+#else
-+#define PING_HEADER_LEN (ICMP_MINLEN)
-+#endif
-+
- #define PING_TIMING(s)  ((s) >= sizeof (struct timeval))
- #define PING_DATALEN    (64 - PING_HEADER_LEN)  /* default data length */
- 
-@@ -78,13 +87,20 @@ struct ping_stat
- 
- #define PING_MIN_USER_INTERVAL (200000/PING_PRECISION)
- 
-+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
- /* FIXME: Adjust IPv6 case for options and their consumption.  */
- #define _PING_BUFLEN(p, u) ((u)? ((p)->ping_datalen + sizeof (struct icmp6_hdr)) : \
- 				   (MAXIPLEN + (p)->ping_datalen + ICMP_TSLEN))
- 
-+#else
-+#define _PING_BUFLEN(p, u) (MAXIPLEN + (p)->ping_datalen + ICMP_TSLEN)
-+#endif
-+
-+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
- typedef int (*ping_efp6) (int code, void *closure, struct sockaddr_in6 * dest,
- 			  struct sockaddr_in6 * from, struct icmp6_hdr * icmp,
- 			  int datalen);
-+#endif
- 
- typedef int (*ping_efp) (int code,
- 			 void *closure,
-@@ -93,13 +109,17 @@ typedef int (*ping_efp) (int code,
- 			 struct ip * ip, icmphdr_t * icmp, int datalen);
- 
- union event {
-+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
-   ping_efp6 handler6;
-+#endif
-   ping_efp handler;
- };
- 
- union ping_address {
-   struct sockaddr_in ping_sockaddr;
-+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
-   struct sockaddr_in6 ping_sockaddr6;
-+#endif
- };
- 
- typedef struct ping_data PING;
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/inetutils-1.8-0001-printf-parse-pull-in-features.h-for-__GLIBC__.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/inetutils-1.8-0001-printf-parse-pull-in-features.h-for-__GLIBC__.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2974bd4f94d..00000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/inetutils-1.8-0001-printf-parse-pull-in-features.h-for-__GLIBC__.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From f7f785c21306010b2367572250b2822df5bc7728 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org>
-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:59:14 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] printf-parse: pull in features.h for __GLIBC__
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org>
-
----
- lib/printf-parse.h | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/lib/printf-parse.h b/lib/printf-parse.h
-index e7d0f82..d7b4534 100644
---- a/lib/printf-parse.h
-+++ b/lib/printf-parse.h
-@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
- 
- #include "printf-args.h"
- 
-+#ifdef HAVE_FEATURES_H
-+# include <features.h>	/* for __GLIBC__ */
-+#endif
- 
- /* Flags */
- #define FLAG_GROUP       1      /* ' flag */
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/inetutils-1.8-0003-wchar.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/inetutils-1.8-0003-wchar.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ef7e210738..00000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/inetutils-1.8-0003-wchar.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 9089c6eafbf5903174dce87b68476e35db80beb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Martin Jansa <martin.jansa@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 09:36:11 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] inetutils: Import version 1.9.4
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
----
- lib/wchar.in.h | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/lib/wchar.in.h b/lib/wchar.in.h
-index cdda680..043866a 100644
---- a/lib/wchar.in.h
-+++ b/lib/wchar.in.h
-@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
- /* The include_next requires a split double-inclusion guard.  */
- #if @HAVE_WCHAR_H@
- # @INCLUDE_NEXT@ @NEXT_WCHAR_H@
-+#else
-+# include <stddef.h>
-+# define MB_CUR_MAX 1
- #endif
- 
- #undef _GL_ALREADY_INCLUDING_WCHAR_H
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/inetutils-only-check-pam_appl.h-when-pam-enabled.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/inetutils-only-check-pam_appl.h-when-pam-enabled.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2343c03cb48..00000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils/inetutils-only-check-pam_appl.h-when-pam-enabled.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-From cc66e842e037fba9f06761f942abe5c4856492b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Kai Kang <kai.kang@windriver.com>
-Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 09:36:11 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] inetutils: Import version 1.9.4
-
-Only check security/pam_appl.h which is provided by package libpam when pam is
-enabled.
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-Signed-off-by: Kai Kang <kai.kang@windriver.com>
-
----
- configure.ac | 15 ++++++++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 5e16c3a..18510a8 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -182,6 +182,19 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBUTIL)
- 
- # See if we have libpam.a.  Investigate PAM versus Linux-PAM.
- if test "$with_pam" = yes ; then
-+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([security/pam_appl.h], [], [], [
-+#include <sys/types.h>
-+#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_SYSTM_H
-+# include <netinet/in_systm.h>
-+#endif
-+#include <netinet/in.h>
-+#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IP_H
-+# include <netinet/ip.h>
-+#endif
-+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
-+# include <sys/param.h>
-+#endif
-+])
-   AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen, LIBDL=-ldl)
-   AC_CHECK_LIB(pam, pam_authenticate, LIBPAM=-lpam)
-   if test "$ac_cv_lib_pam_pam_authenticate" = yes ; then
-@@ -617,7 +630,7 @@ AC_HEADER_DIRENT
- AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/nameser.h arpa/tftp.h fcntl.h features.h \
- 		  glob.h memory.h netinet/ether.h netinet/in_systm.h \
- 		  netinet/ip.h netinet/ip_icmp.h netinet/ip_var.h \
--		  security/pam_appl.h shadow.h \
-+		  shadow.h \
- 		  stropts.h sys/tty.h \
- 		  sys/utsname.h sys/ptyvar.h sys/msgbuf.h sys/filio.h \
- 		  sys/ioctl_compat.h sys/cdefs.h sys/stream.h sys/mkdev.h \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils_2.4.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils_2.4.bb
index d3f9e9e5fa4..a84fed1fbb8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils_2.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/inetutils/inetutils_2.4.bb
@@ -13,17 +13,13 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0c7051aef9219dc7237f206c5c4179a7"
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1789d6b1b1a57dfe2a7ab7b533ee9f5dfd9cbf5b59bb1bb3c2612ed08d0f68b2"
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/inetutils/inetutils-${PV}.tar.xz \
-           file://inetutils-1.8-0001-printf-parse-pull-in-features.h-for-__GLIBC__.patch \
-           file://inetutils-1.8-0003-wchar.patch \
            file://rexec.xinetd.inetutils \
            file://rlogin.xinetd.inetutils \
            file://rsh.xinetd.inetutils \
            file://telnet.xinetd.inetutils \
            file://tftpd.xinetd.inetutils \
-           file://inetutils-only-check-pam_appl.h-when-pam-enabled.patch \
            file://0001-CVE-2023-40303-ftpd-rcp-rlogin-rsh-rshd-uucpd-fix-ch.patch \
            file://0002-CVE-2023-40303-Indent-changes-in-previous-commit.patch \
-           ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ipv6', '', 'file://fix-disable-ipv6.patch', d)} \
            "
 
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