diff --git a/config/boards/bananapir2pro.csc b/config/boards/bananapir2pro.csc
index 6ceabafacb..66bd050ec0 100644
--- a/config/boards/bananapir2pro.csc
+++ b/config/boards/bananapir2pro.csc
@@ -17,8 +17,3 @@ IMAGE_PARTITION_TABLE="gpt"
 function post_family_config___mainline_uboot() {
 	declare -g UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB} BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB spl/u-boot-spl u-boot.bin flash.bin;;idbloader.img u-boot.itb"
 }
-
-function add_host_dependencies__uboot_deps() {
-	display_alert "Adding python3-pyelftools for brute force mainline uboot" "${EXTENSION}" "info"
-	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools"
-}
diff --git a/config/boards/nanopi-r5c.csc b/config/boards/nanopi-r5c.csc
index 7294466767..7d1c3bf523 100644
--- a/config/boards/nanopi-r5c.csc
+++ b/config/boards/nanopi-r5c.csc
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ BL31_BLOB="rk35/rk3568_bl31_v1.43.elf"
 function post_family_config__uboot_config() {
 	display_alert "$BOARD" "u-boot ${BOOTBRANCH_BOARD} overrides" "info"
 	BOOTDELAY=2 # Wait for UART interrupt to enter UMS/RockUSB mode etc
-    UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB} BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB spl/u-boot-spl u-boot.bin flash.bin;;idbloader.img u-boot.itb"
-}
-
-function add_host_dependencies__new_uboot_wants_python3() {
-	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools" # @TODO: convert to array later
+	UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB} BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB spl/u-boot-spl u-boot.bin flash.bin;;idbloader.img u-boot.itb"
 }
 
 function post_family_tweaks__nanopir5c_udev_network_interfaces() {
diff --git a/config/boards/nanopi-r5s.csc b/config/boards/nanopi-r5s.csc
index 63aa5e284a..558f329f54 100644
--- a/config/boards/nanopi-r5s.csc
+++ b/config/boards/nanopi-r5s.csc
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ BL31_BLOB="rk35/rk3568_bl31_v1.43.elf"
 function post_family_config__uboot_config() {
 	display_alert "$BOARD" "u-boot ${BOOTBRANCH_BOARD} overrides" "info"
 	BOOTDELAY=2 # Wait for UART interrupt to enter UMS/RockUSB mode etc
-    UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB} BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB spl/u-boot-spl u-boot.bin flash.bin;;idbloader.img u-boot.itb"
-}
-
-function add_host_dependencies__new_uboot_wants_python3() {
-	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools" # @TODO: convert to array later
+	UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB} BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB spl/u-boot-spl u-boot.bin flash.bin;;idbloader.img u-boot.itb"
 }
 
 function post_family_tweaks__nanopir5s_udev_network_interfaces() {
diff --git a/config/boards/odroidm1.conf b/config/boards/odroidm1.conf
index dd18ecacdd..087f73bbd5 100644
--- a/config/boards/odroidm1.conf
+++ b/config/boards/odroidm1.conf
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ function post_family_config__uboot_config() {
 	}
 }
 
-function add_host_dependencies__new_uboot_wants_python3_odroidm1() {
-	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools" # @TODO: convert to array later
-}
-
 # Include fw_setenv, configured to point to Petitboot's u-env mtd partition
 PACKAGE_LIST_BOARD="libubootenv-tool" # libubootenv-tool provides fw_printenv and fw_setenv, for talking to U-Boot environment
 
diff --git a/config/boards/orangepi3b.csc b/config/boards/orangepi3b.csc
index 14c4e5410c..dd69b632f2 100644
--- a/config/boards/orangepi3b.csc
+++ b/config/boards/orangepi3b.csc
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ function post_family_config__orangepi3b_use_mainline_uboot() {
 
 }
 
-function add_host_dependencies__new_uboot_wants_python3_orangepi3b() {
-	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools" # @TODO: convert to array later
-}
-
 function post_family_tweaks_bsp__orangepi3b() {
 	display_alert "$BOARD" "Installing sprd-bluetooth.service" "info"
 
diff --git a/config/boards/orangepi5.conf b/config/boards/orangepi5.conf
index ce653ddfed..c27229ad34 100644
--- a/config/boards/orangepi5.conf
+++ b/config/boards/orangepi5.conf
@@ -115,12 +115,6 @@ function post_uboot_custom_postprocess__create_sata_spi_image() {
 	dd if=u-boot.itb of=rkspi_loader_sata.img seek=16384 conv=notrunc
 }
 
-function add_host_dependencies__mainline_uboot_wants_python3_orangepi5() {
-	if [[ $BRANCH == "edge" ]]; then
-		declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools" # @TODO: convert to array later
-	fi
-}
-
 # Override family config for this board; let's avoid conditionals in family config.
 function post_family_config__orangepi5_use_vendor_uboot() {
 	if [[ $BRANCH == "edge" ]]; then
diff --git a/config/boards/radxa-zero3.wip b/config/boards/radxa-zero3.wip
index 9d82a5025c..4157d9d301 100644
--- a/config/boards/radxa-zero3.wip
+++ b/config/boards/radxa-zero3.wip
@@ -25,7 +25,3 @@ function post_family_config__radxa-zero3_use_vendor_uboot() {
 		dd if=$1/u-boot-rockchip.bin of=$2 seek=64 conv=notrunc status=none
 	}
 }
-
-function add_host_dependencies__mainline_uboot_wants_pyelftools_radxa_zero3() {
-	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools"
-}
diff --git a/config/boards/rock-4se.csc b/config/boards/rock-4se.csc
index 71b5e44b63..34542261af 100644
--- a/config/boards/rock-4se.csc
+++ b/config/boards/rock-4se.csc
@@ -17,10 +17,5 @@ BL31_BLOB="rk33/rk3399_bl31_v1.36.elf"
 DDR_BLOB="rk33/rk3399_ddr_933MHz_v1.30.bin"
 
 function post_family_config___mainline_uboot() {
-        declare -g UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB} BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB spl/u-boot-spl u-boot.bin flash.bin;;idbloader.img u-boot.itb"
-}
-
-function add_host_dependencies__uboot_deps() {
-		display_alert "Adding python3-pyelftools for brute force mainline uboot" "${EXTENSION}" "info"
-		declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools libgnutls28-dev"
+	declare -g UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB} BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB spl/u-boot-spl u-boot.bin flash.bin;;idbloader.img u-boot.itb"
 }
diff --git a/config/boards/rock-5b.csc b/config/boards/rock-5b.csc
index 57e1c1e4bf..0c64115284 100644
--- a/config/boards/rock-5b.csc
+++ b/config/boards/rock-5b.csc
@@ -76,8 +76,3 @@ function post_family_tweaks__config_rock5b_fwenv() {
 		/dev/mtd0         0xc00000      0x20000
 	FW_ENV_CONFIG
 }
-
-# I'm FED UP with this, @TODO lets make it part of core deps soon and cleanup all those hooks all spread around - lol it's another week and this still in
-function add_host_dependencies__new_uboot_wants_pyelftools() {
-	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools" # @TODO: convert to array later
-}
diff --git a/config/boards/rockpi-4cplus.csc b/config/boards/rockpi-4cplus.csc
index d2d402605f..1761e6159a 100644
--- a/config/boards/rockpi-4cplus.csc
+++ b/config/boards/rockpi-4cplus.csc
@@ -16,10 +16,5 @@ DDR_BLOB="rk33/rk3399_ddr_933MHz_v1.30.bin"
 BL31_BLOB="rk33/rk3399_bl31_v1.36.elf"
 
 function post_family_config___mainline_uboot() {
-        declare -g UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB} BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB spl/u-boot-spl u-boot.bin flash.bin;;idbloader.img u-boot.itb"
-}
-
-function add_host_dependencies__uboot_deps() {
-		display_alert "Adding python3-pyelftools for brute force mainline uboot" "${EXTENSION}" "info"
-		declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools libgnutls28-dev"
+	declare -g UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB} BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB spl/u-boot-spl u-boot.bin flash.bin;;idbloader.img u-boot.itb"
 }
diff --git a/config/boards/rockpro64.conf b/config/boards/rockpro64.conf
index 3e385b43c1..0069befa4c 100644
--- a/config/boards/rockpro64.conf
+++ b/config/boards/rockpro64.conf
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ BOOTPATCHDIR="v2024.04"
 # Include fw_setenv, configured to point to the correct spot on the SPI Flash
 PACKAGE_LIST_BOARD="libubootenv-tool" # libubootenv-tool provides fw_printenv and fw_setenv, for talking to U-Boot environment
 
-function add_host_dependencies__new_uboot_wants_python3_rockpro64() {
-	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools" # @TODO: convert to array later
-}
-
 function post_family_config__use_mainline_uboot_rockpro64() {
 	# Use latest lts 2.8 ATF
 	ATFBRANCH='tag:lts-v2.8.16'
diff --git a/config/sources/families/k3.conf b/config/sources/families/k3.conf
index 7aefc16107..3b707ae5cb 100644
--- a/config/sources/families/k3.conf
+++ b/config/sources/families/k3.conf
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ROOT_FS_LABEL="root"
 
 function add_host_dependencies__k3_python3_dep() {
 	display_alert "Preparing K3 U-Boot host-side dependencies" "${EXTENSION}" "info"
-	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-yaml python3-jsonschema python3-pyelftools"
+	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-yaml python3-jsonschema"
 }
 
 function compile_k3_bootgen() {
diff --git a/config/sources/vendors/mekotronics/mekotronics-rk3588.hooks.sh b/config/sources/vendors/mekotronics/mekotronics-rk3588.hooks.sh
index d6e5736d1c..cb87e78b2d 100644
--- a/config/sources/vendors/mekotronics/mekotronics-rk3588.hooks.sh
+++ b/config/sources/vendors/mekotronics/mekotronics-rk3588.hooks.sh
@@ -44,9 +44,4 @@ if [[ "${MEKO_USE_MAINLINE_UBOOT:-"no"}" == "yes" ]]; then
 			dd "if=$1/u-boot-rockchip.bin" "of=$2" bs=32k seek=1 conv=notrunc status=none
 		}
 	}
-
-	# I'm FED UP with this, @TODO lets make it part of core deps soon and cleanup all those hooks all spread around
-	function add_host_dependencies__new_uboot_wants_pyelftools() {
-		declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools" # @TODO: convert to array later
-	}
 fi