diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen-tools_%.bbappend b/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen-tools_%.bbappend
index ef8eddd1..45739ffb 100644
--- a/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen-tools_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen-tools_%.bbappend
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-vif-nat-fix-hostname.patch \
             file://0002-vif-nat-fix-symlink-removal.patch \
            "
+
+PACKAGECONFIG_remove = "\
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', \
+                         'arm-autonomy-host', \
+                         'sdl', '', d)}"
diff --git a/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend b/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
index c7f3643c..9403389f 100644
--- a/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-arm-autonomy/recipes-extended/xen/xen_%.bbappend
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@
 # its own configuration
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
+PACKAGECONFIG_remove = "\
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', \
+                         'arm-autonomy-host', \
+                         'sdl', '', d)}"