diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/nonworking/system-tools/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/add-angstrom-distro.patch b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/system-tools/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/add-angstrom-distro.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/nonworking/system-tools/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/add-angstrom-distro.patch
rename to meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/system-tools/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/add-angstrom-distro.patch
diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/nonworking/system-tools/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/system-tools-backends b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/system-tools/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/system-tools-backends
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/nonworking/system-tools/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/system-tools-backends
rename to meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/system-tools/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/system-tools-backends
diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/nonworking/system-tools/system-tools-backends_2.10.2.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/system-tools/system-tools-backends_2.10.2.bb
similarity index 91%
rename from meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/nonworking/system-tools/system-tools-backends_2.10.2.bb
rename to meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/system-tools/system-tools-backends_2.10.2.bb
index 584d796c0b..1693f37cb4 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/nonworking/system-tools/system-tools-backends_2.10.2.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/system-tools/system-tools-backends_2.10.2.bb
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ FILES_${PN} += " ${datadir}/dbus-1/system-services"
 FILES_${PN} += " ${datadir}/system-tools-backends-2.0/files"
 FILES_${PN} += " ${datadir}/system-tools-backends-2.0/scripts"
 FILES_${PN} += " ${datadir}/polkit*"
+
+PNBLACKLIST[system-tools-backends] ?= "does not build with distroless qemuarm as reported in 'State of bitbake world' thread, nobody volunteered to fix them"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0002-Fix-image-handling-integer-overflows.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0002-Fix-image-handling-integer-overflows.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0002-Fix-image-handling-integer-overflows.patch
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0002-Fix-image-handling-integer-overflows.patch
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0003-Fix-build-failure-with-ld-as-needed.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0003-Fix-build-failure-with-ld-as-needed.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0003-Fix-build-failure-with-ld-as-needed.patch
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0003-Fix-build-failure-with-ld-as-needed.patch
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0004-Add-support-libpng15.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0004-Add-support-libpng15.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0004-Add-support-libpng15.patch
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0004-Add-support-libpng15.patch
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0005-Remove-path-of-gcc-amd-g-and-version-of-g.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0005-Remove-path-of-gcc-amd-g-and-version-of-g.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0005-Remove-path-of-gcc-amd-g-and-version-of-g.patch
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0005-Remove-path-of-gcc-amd-g-and-version-of-g.patch
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0006-Remove-localhost-from-Authenticator-of-pam.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0006-Remove-localhost-from-Authenticator-of-pam.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0006-Remove-localhost-from-Authenticator-of-pam.patch
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0006-Remove-localhost-from-Authenticator-of-pam.patch
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0007-Fix-tty-slowness.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0007-Fix-tty-slowness.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0007-Fix-tty-slowness.patch
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0007-Fix-tty-slowness.patch
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0008-restart-Xserver-if-killed.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0008-restart-Xserver-if-killed.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/0008-restart-Xserver-if-killed.patch
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/0008-restart-Xserver-if-killed.patch
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/Makefile.oe b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/Makefile.oe
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/Makefile.oe
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/Makefile.oe
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/slim-dynwm b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/slim-dynwm
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/slim-dynwm
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/slim-dynwm
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/slim.pamd b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/slim.pamd
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/slim.pamd
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/slim.pamd
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/slim.service b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/slim.service
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/slim.service
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/slim.service
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/update_slim_wmlist b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/update_slim_wmlist
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim/update_slim_wmlist
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim/update_slim_wmlist
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim_1.3.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim_1.3.2.bb
similarity index 94%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim_1.3.2.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim_1.3.2.bb
index 5519b0e7d7..1ae8dbbc6c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/nonworking/slim/slim_1.3.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/slim/slim_1.3.2.bb
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ systemctl disable slim.service
 sed -i /slim/d $D${sysconfdir}/X11/default-display-manager || true
 }
 
+PNBLACKLIST[slim] ?= "does not build with distroless qemuarm as reported in 'State of bitbake world' thread, nobody volunteered to fix them"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/nonworking/fftw/benchfft_3.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/fftw/benchfft_3.1.bb
similarity index 78%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-support/nonworking/fftw/benchfft_3.1.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-support/fftw/benchfft_3.1.bb
index feb3c3c25d..d859386be8 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/nonworking/fftw/benchfft_3.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/fftw/benchfft_3.1.bb
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ do_compile_prepend() {
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9356e5e9dcb3f1481977009720a2ccf8"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1b4a5b5e48ad5e61a21586b7b59d5c0a88691a981e73e2c6dc5868197461791b"
+
+PNBLACKLIST[benchfft] ?= "does not build with distroless qemuarm as reported in 'State of bitbake world' thread, nobody volunteered to fix them"