diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/fvp/defconfig b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/fvp/defconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index f13327c1..00000000
--- a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/fvp/defconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Xen/arm 4.12.0 Configuration
-#
-CONFIG_64BIT=y
-CONFIG_ARM_64=y
-CONFIG_ARM=y
-CONFIG_ARCH_DEFCONFIG="arch/arm/configs/arm64_defconfig"
-
-#
-# Architecture Features
-#
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=128
-CONFIG_GICV3=y
-CONFIG_HVM=y
-# CONFIG_NEW_VGIC is not set
-CONFIG_SBSA_VUART_CONSOLE=y
-CONFIG_ARM_SSBD=y
-CONFIG_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR=y
-
-#
-# ARM errata workaround via the alternative framework
-#
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_827319=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_824069=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_819472=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_832075=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_834220=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR=y
-CONFIG_ALL_PLAT=y
-# CONFIG_QEMU is not set
-# CONFIG_RCAR3 is not set
-# CONFIG_MPSOC is not set
-# CONFIG_NO_PLAT is not set
-CONFIG_ALL64_PLAT=y
-# CONFIG_ALL32_PLAT is not set
-CONFIG_MPSOC_PLATFORM=y
-
-#
-# Common Features
-#
-CONFIG_HAS_ALTERNATIVE=y
-CONFIG_HAS_DEVICE_TREE=y
-CONFIG_MEM_ACCESS=y
-CONFIG_HAS_PDX=y
-# CONFIG_XSM is not set
-CONFIG_SCHED_CREDIT=y
-CONFIG_SCHED_CREDIT2=y
-CONFIG_SCHED_RTDS=y
-# CONFIG_SCHED_ARINC653 is not set
-CONFIG_SCHED_NULL=y
-CONFIG_SCHED_DEFAULT="credit2"
-# CONFIG_LIVEPATCH is not set
-CONFIG_SUPPRESS_DUPLICATE_SYMBOL_WARNINGS=y
-CONFIG_CMDLINE=""
-CONFIG_DOM0_MEM=""
-
-#
-# Device Drivers
-#
-CONFIG_HAS_NS16550=y
-CONFIG_HAS_CADENCE_UART=y
-CONFIG_HAS_MVEBU=y
-CONFIG_HAS_PL011=y
-CONFIG_HAS_SCIF=y
-CONFIG_HAS_PASSTHROUGH=y
-CONFIG_ARM_SMMU=y
-CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="arch/arm/configs/arm64_defconfig"
-
-#
-# Debugging Options
-#
-# CONFIG_DEBUG is not set
diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/fvp/early-printk.cfg b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/fvp/early-printk.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..590ae3a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/fvp/early-printk.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_FASTMODEL=y
diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/juno/defconfig b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/juno/defconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index f13327c1..00000000
--- a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/juno/defconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Xen/arm 4.12.0 Configuration
-#
-CONFIG_64BIT=y
-CONFIG_ARM_64=y
-CONFIG_ARM=y
-CONFIG_ARCH_DEFCONFIG="arch/arm/configs/arm64_defconfig"
-
-#
-# Architecture Features
-#
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=128
-CONFIG_GICV3=y
-CONFIG_HVM=y
-# CONFIG_NEW_VGIC is not set
-CONFIG_SBSA_VUART_CONSOLE=y
-CONFIG_ARM_SSBD=y
-CONFIG_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR=y
-
-#
-# ARM errata workaround via the alternative framework
-#
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_827319=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_824069=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_819472=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_832075=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_834220=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR=y
-CONFIG_ALL_PLAT=y
-# CONFIG_QEMU is not set
-# CONFIG_RCAR3 is not set
-# CONFIG_MPSOC is not set
-# CONFIG_NO_PLAT is not set
-CONFIG_ALL64_PLAT=y
-# CONFIG_ALL32_PLAT is not set
-CONFIG_MPSOC_PLATFORM=y
-
-#
-# Common Features
-#
-CONFIG_HAS_ALTERNATIVE=y
-CONFIG_HAS_DEVICE_TREE=y
-CONFIG_MEM_ACCESS=y
-CONFIG_HAS_PDX=y
-# CONFIG_XSM is not set
-CONFIG_SCHED_CREDIT=y
-CONFIG_SCHED_CREDIT2=y
-CONFIG_SCHED_RTDS=y
-# CONFIG_SCHED_ARINC653 is not set
-CONFIG_SCHED_NULL=y
-CONFIG_SCHED_DEFAULT="credit2"
-# CONFIG_LIVEPATCH is not set
-CONFIG_SUPPRESS_DUPLICATE_SYMBOL_WARNINGS=y
-CONFIG_CMDLINE=""
-CONFIG_DOM0_MEM=""
-
-#
-# Device Drivers
-#
-CONFIG_HAS_NS16550=y
-CONFIG_HAS_CADENCE_UART=y
-CONFIG_HAS_MVEBU=y
-CONFIG_HAS_PL011=y
-CONFIG_HAS_SCIF=y
-CONFIG_HAS_PASSTHROUGH=y
-CONFIG_ARM_SMMU=y
-CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="arch/arm/configs/arm64_defconfig"
-
-#
-# Debugging Options
-#
-# CONFIG_DEBUG is not set
diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/juno/early-printk.cfg b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/juno/early-printk.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35b4741c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/juno/early-printk.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_JUNO=y
diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/n1sdp/defconfig b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/n1sdp/defconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index e8a88c1b..00000000
--- a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/n1sdp/defconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Automatically generated file; DO NOT EDIT.
-# Xen/arm 4.12.2 Configuration
-#
-CONFIG_64BIT=y
-CONFIG_ARM_64=y
-CONFIG_ARM=y
-CONFIG_ARCH_DEFCONFIG="arch/arm/configs/arm64_defconfig"
-
-#
-# Architecture Features
-#
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=128
-CONFIG_ACPI=y
-CONFIG_GICV3=y
-CONFIG_HAS_ITS=y
-CONFIG_HVM=y
-# CONFIG_NEW_VGIC is not set
-CONFIG_SBSA_VUART_CONSOLE=y
-CONFIG_ARM_SSBD=y
-CONFIG_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR=y
-
-#
-# ARM errata workaround via the alternative framework
-#
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_827319=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_824069=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_819472=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_832075=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_834220=y
-CONFIG_ARM64_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR=y
-CONFIG_ALL_PLAT=y
-# CONFIG_QEMU is not set
-# CONFIG_RCAR3 is not set
-# CONFIG_MPSOC is not set
-# CONFIG_NO_PLAT is not set
-CONFIG_ALL64_PLAT=y
-# CONFIG_ALL32_PLAT is not set
-CONFIG_MPSOC_PLATFORM=y
-
-#
-# Common Features
-#
-CONFIG_HAS_ALTERNATIVE=y
-CONFIG_HAS_DEVICE_TREE=y
-# CONFIG_MEM_ACCESS is not set
-CONFIG_HAS_PDX=y
-# CONFIG_TMEM is not set
-CONFIG_XSM=y
-CONFIG_XSM_FLASK=y
-CONFIG_XSM_FLASK_AVC_STATS=y
-# CONFIG_XSM_FLASK_POLICY is not set
-CONFIG_XSM_SILO=y
-# CONFIG_XSM_DUMMY_DEFAULT is not set
-# CONFIG_XSM_FLASK_DEFAULT is not set
-CONFIG_XSM_SILO_DEFAULT=y
-# CONFIG_ARGO is not set
-
-#
-# Schedulers
-#
-CONFIG_SCHED_CREDIT=y
-CONFIG_SCHED_CREDIT2=y
-CONFIG_SCHED_RTDS=y
-# CONFIG_SCHED_ARINC653 is not set
-CONFIG_SCHED_NULL=y
-# CONFIG_SCHED_CREDIT_DEFAULT is not set
-CONFIG_SCHED_CREDIT2_DEFAULT=y
-# CONFIG_SCHED_RTDS_DEFAULT is not set
-# CONFIG_SCHED_NULL_DEFAULT is not set
-CONFIG_SCHED_DEFAULT="credit2"
-# CONFIG_LIVEPATCH is not set
-CONFIG_SUPPRESS_DUPLICATE_SYMBOL_WARNINGS=y
-CONFIG_CMDLINE=""
-CONFIG_DOM0_MEM=""
-
-#
-# Device Drivers
-#
-CONFIG_HAS_NS16550=y
-CONFIG_HAS_CADENCE_UART=y
-CONFIG_HAS_MVEBU=y
-CONFIG_HAS_PL011=y
-CONFIG_HAS_SCIF=y
-CONFIG_HAS_PASSTHROUGH=y
-CONFIG_ARM_SMMU=y
-CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="arch/arm/configs/arm64_defconfig"
-
-#
-# Debugging Options
-#
-# CONFIG_DEBUG is not set
-CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
-# CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is not set
-# CONFIG_COVERAGE is not set
-# CONFIG_LOCK_PROFILE is not set
-# CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS is not set
-CONFIG_VERBOSE_DEBUG=y
-# CONFIG_DEVICE_TREE_DEBUG is not set
-# CONFIG_SCRUB_DEBUG is not set
diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/n1sdp/early-printk.cfg b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/n1sdp/early-printk.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56ab0e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/n1sdp/early-printk.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CONFIG_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_EARLY_UART_CHOICE_PL011=y
+CONFIG_EARLY_UART_BASE_ADDRESS=0x2a400000
diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/n1sdp/n1sdp.cfg b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/n1sdp/n1sdp.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4d7c60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/files/n1sdp/n1sdp.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CONFIG_EXPERT=y
+# Enable ACPI support
+CONFIG_ACPI=y
+# Enable ARM Interrupt Translation Service (ITS) emulation
+CONFIG_HAS_ITS=y
diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
index 5e58ab1c..89130a61 100644
--- a/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/dynamic-layers/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
-
-# Machine specific settings
-XEN_CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_juno = "juno"
-XEN_CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_fvp-base = "fastmodel"
-XEN_CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_foundation-armv8 = "fastmodel"
-XEN_CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_n1sdp = "pl011,0x2a400000"
-
 # Foundation-armv8 support
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_foundation-armv8 = "foundation-armv8"
-
-SRC_URI_append_foundation-armv8 = " file://fvp/defconfig"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_foundation-armv8 := "${THISDIR}/files/fvp:"
+SRC_URI_append_foundation-armv8 = " file://early-printk.cfg"
 
 # FVP Base support
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_fvp-base = "fvp-base"
-
-SRC_URI_append_fvp-base = " file://fvp/defconfig"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_fvp-base := "${THISDIR}/files/fvp:"
+SRC_URI_append_fvp-base = " file://early-printk.cfg"
 
 # Juno support
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_juno = "juno"
-
-SRC_URI_append_juno = " file://juno/defconfig"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_juno := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+SRC_URI_append_juno = " file://early-printk.cfg"
 
 # N1SDP support
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE_n1sdp = "n1sdp"
-
-SRC_URI_append_n1sdp = " file://n1sdp/defconfig"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_n1sdp := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+SRC_URI_append_n1sdp = " file://n1sdp.cfg \
+                         file://early-printk.cfg"
diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend b/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
index 846d2442..c7f3643c 100644
--- a/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Define early console based on board parameters
-#
-
-XEN_CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK ??= "disable"
-
-EXTRA_OEMAKE += "${@bb.utils.contains('XEN_CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK', 'disable', \
-    '', ' CONFIG_DEBUG=y CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=${XEN_CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK}',d)}"
-
 # Make Xen machine specific
 # This ensures that sstate is properly handled and that each machine can have
 # its own configuration