diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/digi-defaults.inc b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/digi-defaults.inc
index 01a892b22..92a0c932f 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/digi-defaults.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/digi-defaults.inc
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver = "xserver-xorg"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libx11 ?= "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'libx11', '', d)}"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_jpeg-native ?= "jpeg-native"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_udev = "173"
-
 # Digi BSP default settings
 IMAGE_CLASSES = "image_types_digi"
 
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/udev/udev-173/default b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/udev/udev-173/default
deleted file mode 100644
index d0050b873..000000000
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/udev/udev-173/default
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Default for /etc/init.d/udev
-
-# Comment this out to disable device cache
-#DEVCACHE="/etc/dev.tar"
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/udev/udev-173/init b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/udev/udev-173/init
deleted file mode 100644
index 7877f6eea..000000000
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/udev/udev-173/init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          udev
-# Required-Start:    mountvirtfs
-# Required-Stop:     
-# Default-Start:     S
-# Default-Stop:
-# Short-Description: Start udevd, populate /dev and load drivers.
-### END INIT INFO
-
-export TZ=/etc/localtime
-
-[ -d /sys/class ] || exit 1
-[ -r /proc/mounts ] || exit 1
-[ -x /sbin/udevd ] || exit 1
-[ -f /etc/default/udev ] && . /etc/default/udev
-[ -f /etc/udev/udev.conf ] && . /etc/udev/udev.conf
-
-kill_udevd() {
-	pid=`pidof -x udevd`
-	[ -n "$pid" ] && kill $pid
-}
-
-export ACTION=add
-# propagate /dev from /sys
-echo "Starting udev"
-
-# mount the tmpfs on /dev, if not already done
-LANG=C awk "\$2 == \"/dev\" && \$3 == \"tmpfs\" { exit 1 }" /proc/mounts && {
-	mount -n -o mode=0755 -t tmpfs none "/dev"
-	mkdir -m 0755 /dev/pts
-	mkdir -m 1777 /dev/shm
-}
-
-if [ "$DEVCACHE" != "" ]; then
-	# Invalidate udev cache if the kernel or its bootargs/cmdline have changed
-	[ -x /bin/uname ] && /bin/uname -mrspv > /tmp/uname || touch /tmp/uname
-	[ -r /proc/cmdline ] && cat /proc/cmdline > /tmp/cmdline || touch /tmp/cmdline
-	[ -r /proc/devices ] && cat /proc/devices > /tmp/devices || touch /tmp/devices
-	[ -r /proc/atags ] && cat /proc/atags > /tmp/atags || touch /tmp/atags
-	if [ -e $DEVCACHE ] && \
-		cmp -s /tmp/uname /etc/udev/saved.uname && \
-		cmp -s /tmp/cmdline /etc/udev/saved.cmdline && \
-		cmp -s /tmp/devices /etc/udev/saved.devices && \
-		cmp -s /tmp/atags /etc/udev/saved.atags; then
-		(cd /; tar xf $DEVCACHE > /dev/null 2>&1)
-		not_first_boot=1
-	fi
-fi
-
-if [ ! -e "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)"/modules.dep ] ; then
-	mkdir -p /lib/modules/$(uname -r)
-	depmod -ae
-fi
-
-# make_extra_nodes
-kill_udevd > "/dev/null" 2>&1
-
-# trigger the sorted events
-echo -e '\000\000\000\000' > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
-/sbin/udevd -d
-
-/sbin/udevadm control --env STARTUP=1
-if [ "$not_first_boot" != "" ];then
-	/sbin/udevadm trigger --subsystem-nomatch=tty --subsystem-nomatch=mem --subsystem-nomatch=vc --subsystem-nomatch=vtconsole --subsystem-nomatch=misc --subsystem-nomatch=dcon --subsystem-nomatch=pci_bus  --subsystem-nomatch=graphics	--subsystem-nomatch=backlight --subsystem-nomatch=video4linux  --subsystem-nomatch=platform --action=add
-	(/sbin/udevadm settle --timeout=8; /sbin/udevadm control --env STARTUP=)&
-else
-	/sbin/udevadm trigger --action=add
-	/sbin/udevadm settle
-fi
-
-# Create rest device nodes via configuration file.
-[ -f /etc/device_table ] && /sbin/makedevs -d /etc/device_table / >/dev/null 2>&1
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/udev/udev_173.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/udev/udev_173.bbappend
deleted file mode 100644
index e8e01a86c..000000000
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/udev/udev_173.bbappend
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2013 Digi International.
-
-PRINC := "${@int(PRINC) + 1}"
-PR_append = "+${DISTRO}"
-
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}-${PV}:"
-
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "udev-extraconf"
-
-do_install_append() {
-	# Remove empty dir to clean build warning:
-	# QA Issue: udev: Files/directories were installed but not shipped
-	rmdir ${D}${sbindir}
-}