diff --git a/config/templates/Vagrantfile b/config/templates/Vagrantfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bb20a2c0..000000000
--- a/config/templates/Vagrantfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-# -*- mode: ruby -*-
-# vi: set ft=ruby :
-
-Vagrant.require_version ">= 1.5"
-
-$provisioning_script = <<SCRIPT
-# use remote git version instead of sharing a copy from host to preserve proper file permissions
-# and prevent permission related issues for the temp directory
-git clone https://github.com/armbian/build /home/vagrant/armbian
-mkdir -p /vagrant/output /vagrant/userpatches
-ln -sf /vagrant/output /home/vagrant/armbian/output
-ln -sf /vagrant/userpatches /home/vagrant/armbian/userpatches
-SCRIPT
-
-Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
-    config.vm.define "Armbian Builder" do |builder|
-        # We should use a box that is compatible with Virtualbox and Libvirt
-        builder.vm.box = "generic/ubuntu2204"
-        builder.vm.box_version = ">= 4.0.2"
-
-        # provisioning: install dependencies, download the repository copy
-        builder.vm.provision "shell", inline: $provisioning_script
-
-        # forward terminal type for better compatibility with Dialog - disabled on Ubuntu by default
-        builder.ssh.forward_env = ["TERM"]
-
-        builder.vm.hostname = "armbian-builder"
-
-        # SSH password auth is disabled by default, uncomment to enable and set the password
-        #config.ssh.password = "armbian"
-
-        builder.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-            vb.name = "Armbian Builder"
-
-	    # Default images are not big enough to build Armbian.
-	    #config.vagrant.plugins = "vagrant-disksize"
-	    #config.disksize.size = "40GB"
-
-            # uncomment this to enable the VirtualBox GUI
-            #vb.gui = true
-
-            # Tweak these to fit your needs.
-            #vb.memory = "8192"
-            #vb.cpus = "4"
-        end
-
-        builder.vm.provider "libvirt" do |libvirt|
-            # Some specifics libvirt options
-            libvirt.driver = "kvm"
-	    libvirt.uri = "qemu:///system"
-	    libvirt.default_prefix = ""
-
-            # Default images are not big enough to build Armbian.
-	    libvirt.storage_pool_name = "default"
-	    libvirt.storage :file, :size => "40G"
-
-            # Tweak these to fit your needs.
-            libvirt.memory = "8192"
-            libvirt.cpus = "4"
-        end
-
-        case File.basename(Dir.getwd)
-        when "templates"
-	    builder.vm.synced_folder "../..", "/vagrant", type: "sshfs"
-        when "userpatches"
-            builder.vm.synced_folder "..", "/vagrant", type: "sshfs"
-        end
-    end
-end
diff --git a/config/templates/config-vagrant.conf b/config/templates/config-vagrant.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 7303d17ec..000000000
--- a/config/templates/config-vagrant.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
-#
-# This is a Vagrant launcher file. To set up the configuration, use command line arguments to compile.sh
-
-# While we are in config-vagrant.conf, we no longer need "vagrant" option
-# So if "vagrant" wasn't removed from the command line by caller, we do it now
-[[ "$1" == "vagrant" ]] && shift
-
-# second argument can be a build parameter or a config file
-unset VAGRANT_CONF
-[[ $1 != *=* ]] && VAGRANT_CONF=$1 && shift
-
-display_alert "Building and running the Vagrant box"
-VAGRANT_INSTALL_LOCAL_PLUGINS=1 vagrant up || vagrant up
-
-display_alert "SSH config for the Vagrant box"
-vagrant ssh-config
-
-display_alert "Trying to connect using SSH"
-
-IFS=' ' vagrant ssh -c "cd armbian; sudo ./compile.sh $VAGRANT_CONF $*"
-ret=$?
-
-display_alert "Press <Enter> to halt the Vagrant box"
-read
-vagrant halt
-
-# don't need to proceed further on the host
-exit $ret
diff --git a/config/templates/fel-boot.cmd.template b/config/templates/fel-boot.cmd.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 3769d65b6..000000000
--- a/config/templates/fel-boot.cmd.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-setenv nfs_ip FEL_LOCAL_IP
-setenv nfs_root FEL_ROOTFS
-setenv branch BRANCH
-setenv bootargs "console=tty1 console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=${nfs_ip}:${nfs_root} ip=dhcp rw panic=10 consoleblank=0 enforcing=0 loglevel=6 rootflags=noatime"
-# uncomment to disable initrd
-# setenv ramdisk_addr_r "-"
-if test ${branch} != default; then
-	setenv fdt_high ffffffff
-	bootz ${kernel_addr_r} ${ramdisk_addr_r} ${fdt_addr_r}
-else
-	bootz ${kernel_addr_r} ${ramdisk_addr_r}
-fi
diff --git a/config/templates/fel-hooks.sh.example b/config/templates/fel-hooks.sh.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b93db493..000000000
--- a/config/templates/fel-hooks.sh.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# 
-# fel-hooks.sh.example -- this file is an example how 
-# userpatches/fel-hooks.sh could be implemented.
-#
-# The following example assumes you use a Gembird power switch connected
-# through USB to be able to power cycle the board you want to fel boot. You
-# need the sispmctl package and use 'sispmctl -s' to get the ID of your 
-# power switch.
-
-fel_pre_load() {
-	# power cycle socket 1 of Gembird power switch
-	sispmctl -D01:01:51:23:cb -q -f1
-	# 5 seconds delay since PSUs don't like be being power cycled too fast
-	sleep 5
-	sispmctl -D01:01:51:23:cb -q -o1
-	# 3 seconds delay since the SoC has to initialise
-	sleep 3
-} # fel_pre_load
-
-fel_post_prepare() {
-	# currently empty - sun8i-default tweaks were converted into u-boot patches
-	echo "calling fel_post_prepare()"
-} # fel_post_prepare
diff --git a/lib/functions/cli/cli-vagrant.sh b/lib/functions/cli/cli-vagrant.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index bb9c3a134..000000000
--- a/lib/functions/cli/cli-vagrant.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# @TODO: Open JIRA. PR's are welcome. Open JIRA!
-function cli_vagrant_pre_run() {
-	exit_with_error "cli_vagrant_pre_run: not implemented"
-}
-
-function cli_vagrant_run() {
-	exit_with_error "cli_vagrant_run: not implemented"
-}
diff --git a/lib/functions/cli/commands.sh b/lib/functions/cli/commands.sh
index 2c0b9f8ac..34987d34c 100644
--- a/lib/functions/cli/commands.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/cli/commands.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ function armbian_register_commands() {
 		["dockershell"]="docker"
 		["generate-dockerfile"]="docker"
 
-		["vagrant"]="vagrant" # thus requires cli_vagrant_pre_run and cli_vagrant_run
-
 		["requirements"]="requirements" # implemented in cli_requirements_pre_run and cli_requirements_run
 
 		["config-dump"]="config_dump" # implemented in cli_config_dump_pre_run and cli_config_dump_run
diff --git a/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh b/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh
index 73c89152b..b2b481de9 100644
--- a/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/compilation/uboot.sh
@@ -365,10 +365,8 @@ function compile_uboot() {
 		Description: Das U-Boot for ${BOARD} ${artifact_version_reason:-"${version}"}
 	EOF
 
-	# copy config file to the package
-	# useful for FEL boot with overlayfs_wrapper
+	# copy license files, config, etc.
 	[[ -f .config && -n $BOOTCONFIG ]] && run_host_command_logged cp .config "$uboottempdir/${uboot_name}/usr/lib/u-boot/${BOOTCONFIG}"
-	# copy license files from typical locations
 	[[ -f COPYING ]] && run_host_command_logged cp COPYING "$uboottempdir/${uboot_name}/usr/lib/u-boot/LICENSE"
 	[[ -f Licenses/README ]] && run_host_command_logged cp Licenses/README "$uboottempdir/${uboot_name}/usr/lib/u-boot/LICENSE"
 	[[ -n $atftempdir && -f $atftempdir/license.md ]] && run_host_command_logged cp "${atftempdir}/license.md" "$uboottempdir/${uboot_name}/usr/lib/u-boot/LICENSE.atf"
diff --git a/lib/functions/configuration/main-config.sh b/lib/functions/configuration/main-config.sh
index 4f593ade0..ada505f10 100644
--- a/lib/functions/configuration/main-config.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/configuration/main-config.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function do_main_configuration() {
 	# Prepare rootfs filesystem support
 	[[ -z $ROOTFS_TYPE ]] && ROOTFS_TYPE=ext4 # default rootfs type is ext4
 	case "$ROOTFS_TYPE" in
-		ext4 | fel) # nothing extra here
+		ext4) # nothing extra here
 			;;
 		nfs)
 			FIXED_IMAGE_SIZE=256 # small SD card with kernel, boot script and .dtb/.bin files
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ function do_main_configuration() {
 			exit_with_error "Unknown rootfs type: ROOTFS_TYPE='${ROOTFS_TYPE}'"
 			;;
 	esac
-	
 
 	# Support for LUKS / cryptroot
 	if [[ $CRYPTROOT_ENABLE == yes ]]; then
@@ -219,8 +218,7 @@ function do_main_configuration() {
 
 	## ------ Sourcing family config ---------------------------
 	source_family_config_and_arch
-	
-	
+
 	if [[ "$HAS_VIDEO_OUTPUT" == "no" ]]; then
 		SKIP_BOOTSPLASH="yes"
 		PLYMOUTH="no"
@@ -443,6 +441,6 @@ function source_family_config_and_arch() {
 	display_alert "Sourcing arch configuration" "${ARCH}.conf" "info"
 	# shellcheck source=/dev/null
 	source "${SRC}/config/sources/${ARCH}.conf"
-	
+
 	return 0
 }
diff --git a/lib/functions/extras/fel.sh b/lib/functions/extras/fel.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ac9ae3eff..000000000
--- a/lib/functions/extras/fel.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Igor Pecovnik, igor.pecovnik@gma**.com
-#
-# This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
-# License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
-# warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
-
-# This file is a part of the Armbian build script
-# https://github.com/armbian/build/
-
-# FEL_ROOTFS should be set to path to debootstrapped root filesystem
-# unless you want to kill your /etc/fstab and share your rootfs on NFS
-# without any access control
-
-fel_prepare_host() {
-	# Start rpcbind for NFS if inside docker container
-	if armbian_is_running_in_container; then service rpcbind start; fi
-
-	# remove and re-add NFS share
-	rm -f /etc/exports.d/armbian.exports
-	mkdir -p /etc/exports.d
-	echo "$FEL_ROOTFS *(rw,async,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,fsid=root)" > /etc/exports.d/armbian.exports
-	# Start NFS server if inside docker container
-	if armbian_is_running_in_container; then service nfs-kernel-server; fi
-	exportfs -ra
-}
-
-fel_prepare_target() {
-	if [[ -f $USERPATCHES_PATH/fel-boot.cmd ]]; then
-		display_alert "Using custom boot script" "userpatches/fel-boot.cmd" "info"
-		cp "$USERPATCHES_PATH"/fel-boot.cmd "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/boot.cmd
-	else
-		cp "${SRC}"/config/templates/fel-boot.cmd.template "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/boot.cmd
-	fi
-	if [[ -z $FEL_LOCAL_IP ]]; then
-		FEL_LOCAL_IP=$(ifconfig "${FEL_NET_IFNAME}" | sed -En 's/127.0.0.1//;s/.*inet (addr:)?(([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*).*/\2/p')
-	fi
-	sed -i "s#BRANCH#$BRANCH#" "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/boot.cmd
-	sed -i "s#FEL_LOCAL_IP#$FEL_LOCAL_IP#" "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/boot.cmd
-	sed -i "s#FEL_ROOTFS#$FEL_ROOTFS#" "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/boot.cmd
-	mkimage -C none -A arm -T script -d "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/boot.cmd "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/boot.scr > /dev/null
-
-	# kill /etc/fstab on target
-	echo > "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/etc/fstab
-	echo "/dev/nfs / nfs defaults 0 0" >> "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/etc/fstab
-	echo "tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,nosuid 0 0" >> "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/etc/fstab
-}
-
-fel_load() {
-	# update each time in case boot/script.bin link was changed in multi-board images
-	local dtb_file
-	if [[ -n $FEL_DTB_FILE ]]; then
-		dtb_file=$FEL_DTB_FILE
-	else
-		if [[ $BRANCH == default ]]; then
-			# script.bin is either regular file or absolute symlink
-			if [[ -L $FEL_ROOTFS/boot/script.bin ]]; then
-				dtb_file=boot/bin/$(basename "$(readlink "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/script.bin)")
-			else
-				dtb_file=boot/script.bin
-			fi
-		else
-			dtb_file=boot/dtb/$(grep CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE "${FEL_ROOTFS}/usr/lib/u-boot/${BOOTCONFIG}" | cut -d '"' -f2).dtb
-		fi
-	fi
-	[[ $(type -t fel_pre_load) == function ]] && fel_pre_load
-
-	display_alert "Loading files via" "FEL USB" "info"
-	sunxi-fel "${FEL_EXTRA_ARGS}" -p uboot "${FEL_ROOTFS}/usr/lib/${CHOSEN_UBOOT}_${REVISION}_armhf/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin" \
-		write 0x42000000 "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/zImage \
-		write 0x43000000 "${FEL_ROOTFS}/${dtb_file}" \
-		write 0x43300000 "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/uInitrd \
-		write 0x43100000 "${FEL_ROOTFS}"/boot/boot.scr
-}
-
-function start_fel_boot() {
-	if [[ -f $USERPATCHES_PATH/fel-hooks.sh ]]; then
-		display_alert "Using additional FEL hooks in" "userpatches/fel-hooks.sh" "info"
-		# shellcheck source=/dev/null
-		source "$USERPATCHES_PATH"/fel-hooks.sh
-	fi
-
-	# basic sanity check
-	if [[ -n $FEL_ROOTFS ]]; then
-		fel_prepare_host
-		fel_prepare_target
-		[[ $(type -t fel_post_prepare) == function ]] && fel_post_prepare
-		RES=b
-		while [[ $RES != q ]]; do
-			if [[ $FEL_AUTO != yes ]]; then
-				display_alert "Connect device in FEL mode and press" "<Enter>" "info"
-				read -r
-			fi
-			fel_load
-			display_alert "Press any key to boot again, <q> to finish" "FEL" "info"
-			read -r -n 1 RES
-			echo
-		done
-		service nfs-kernel-server restart
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/lib/functions/host/docker.sh b/lib/functions/host/docker.sh
index 9cad36cb4..5d0bad2c3 100755
--- a/lib/functions/host/docker.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/host/docker.sh
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ function docker_cli_prepare_launch() {
 	declare -g -a DOCKER_ARGS=(
 		"--rm" # side effect - named volumes are considered not attached to anything and are removed on "docker volume prune", since container was removed.
 
-		"--privileged"         # Running this container in privileged mode is a simple way to solve loop device access issues, required for USB FEL or when writing image directly to the block device, when CARD_DEVICE is defined
+		"--privileged"         # Yep. Armbian needs /dev/loop access, device access, etc. Don't even bother trying without it.
 		"--cap-add=SYS_ADMIN"  # add only required capabilities instead
 		"--cap-add=MKNOD"      # (though MKNOD should be already present)
 		"--cap-add=SYS_PTRACE" # CAP_SYS_PTRACE is required for systemd-detect-virt in some cases @TODO: rpardini: so lets eliminate it @TODO: rpardini maybe it's dead already?
@@ -595,12 +595,3 @@ function docker_purge_deprecated_volumes() {
 		fi
 	done
 }
-
-# Leftovers from original Dockerfile before rewrite
-## OLD DOCKERFILE ## RUN locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
-## OLD DOCKERFILE ##
-## OLD DOCKERFILE ## # Static port for NFSv3 server used for USB FEL boot
-## OLD DOCKERFILE ## RUN sed -i 's/\(^STATDOPTS=\).*/\1"--port 32765 --outgoing-port 32766"/' /etc/default/nfs-common \
-## OLD DOCKERFILE ##     && sed -i 's/\(^RPCMOUNTDOPTS=\).*/\1"--port 32767"/' /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server
-## OLD DOCKERFILE ##
-## OLD DOCKERFILE ## ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/bash", "/root/armbian/compile.sh" ]
diff --git a/lib/functions/host/vagrant.sh b/lib/functions/host/vagrant.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f8a46a121..000000000
--- a/lib/functions/host/vagrant.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# @TODO: called by no-one, yet, or ever. This should not be done here.
-function vagrant_install_vagrant() {
-	# Check for Vagrant
-	# @TODO yeah, checks for ${1} in a function. not cool. not the place to install stuff either.
-	if [[ "${1}" == vagrant && -z "$(command -v vagrant)" ]]; then
-		display_alert "Vagrant not installed." "Installing"
-		sudo apt-get update
-		sudo apt-get install -y vagrant virtualbox
-	fi
-}
-
-function vagrant_prepare_userpatches() {
-	# Create example configs if none found in userpatches
-	if [[ ! -f "${SRC}"/userpatches/config-vagrant.conf ]]; then
-		display_alert "Create example Vagrant config using template" "config-vagrant.conf" "info"
-
-		# Create Vagrant config
-		if [[ ! -f "${SRC}"/userpatches/config-vagrant.conf ]]; then
-			cp "${SRC}"/config/templates/config-vagrant.conf "${SRC}"/userpatches/config-vagrant.conf || exit 1
-		fi
-	fi
-	if [[ ! -f "${SRC}"/userpatches/Vagrantfile ]]; then
-
-		# Create Vagrant file
-		if [[ ! -f "${SRC}"/userpatches/Vagrantfile ]]; then
-			cp "${SRC}"/config/templates/Vagrantfile "${SRC}"/userpatches/Vagrantfile || exit 1
-		fi
-	fi
-
-}
diff --git a/lib/functions/main/rootfs-image.sh b/lib/functions/main/rootfs-image.sh
index f653be17c..34f052e76 100644
--- a/lib/functions/main/rootfs-image.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/main/rootfs-image.sh
@@ -59,14 +59,8 @@ function build_rootfs_and_image() {
 
 	#------------------------------------ DOWN HERE IT's 'image' stuff -------------------------------
 
-	if [[ $ROOTFS_TYPE == fel ]]; then
-		FEL_ROOTFS=$SDCARD/
-		display_alert "Starting FEL boot" "$BOARD" "info"
-		start_fel_boot
-	else
-		LOG_SECTION="prepare_partitions" do_with_logging prepare_partitions
-		LOG_SECTION="create_image_from_sdcard_rootfs" do_with_logging create_image_from_sdcard_rootfs
-	fi
+	LOG_SECTION="prepare_partitions" do_with_logging prepare_partitions
+	LOG_SECTION="create_image_from_sdcard_rootfs" do_with_logging create_image_from_sdcard_rootfs
 
 	# Completely and recursively unmount the directory. --> This will remove the tmpfs mount too <--
 	umount_chroot_recursive "${SDCARD}" "SDCARD rootfs finished"
diff --git a/lib/library-functions.sh b/lib/library-functions.sh
index 933976b32..50550fde1 100644
--- a/lib/library-functions.sh
+++ b/lib/library-functions.sh
@@ -163,15 +163,6 @@ set -o errexit  ## set -e : exit the script if any statement returns a non-true
 # shellcheck source=lib/functions/cli/cli-undecided.sh
 source "${SRC}"/lib/functions/cli/cli-undecided.sh
 
-# no errors tolerated. invoked before each sourced file to make sure.
-#set -o pipefail  # trace ERR through pipes - will be enabled "soon"
-#set -o nounset   ## set -u : exit the script if you try to use an uninitialised variable - one day will be enabled
-set -o errtrace # trace ERR through - enabled
-set -o errexit  ## set -e : exit the script if any statement returns a non-true return value - enabled
-### lib/functions/cli/cli-vagrant.sh
-# shellcheck source=lib/functions/cli/cli-vagrant.sh
-source "${SRC}"/lib/functions/cli/cli-vagrant.sh
-
 # no errors tolerated. invoked before each sourced file to make sure.
 #set -o pipefail  # trace ERR through pipes - will be enabled "soon"
 #set -o nounset   ## set -u : exit the script if you try to use an uninitialised variable - one day will be enabled
@@ -487,15 +478,6 @@ set -o errexit  ## set -e : exit the script if any statement returns a non-true
 # shellcheck source=lib/functions/configuration/package-lists.sh
 source "${SRC}"/lib/functions/configuration/package-lists.sh
 
-# no errors tolerated. invoked before each sourced file to make sure.
-#set -o pipefail  # trace ERR through pipes - will be enabled "soon"
-#set -o nounset   ## set -u : exit the script if you try to use an uninitialised variable - one day will be enabled
-set -o errtrace # trace ERR through - enabled
-set -o errexit  ## set -e : exit the script if any statement returns a non-true return value - enabled
-### lib/functions/extras/fel.sh
-# shellcheck source=lib/functions/extras/fel.sh
-source "${SRC}"/lib/functions/extras/fel.sh
-
 # no errors tolerated. invoked before each sourced file to make sure.
 #set -o pipefail  # trace ERR through pipes - will be enabled "soon"
 #set -o nounset   ## set -u : exit the script if you try to use an uninitialised variable - one day will be enabled
@@ -712,15 +694,6 @@ set -o errexit  ## set -e : exit the script if any statement returns a non-true
 # shellcheck source=lib/functions/host/tmpfs-utils.sh
 source "${SRC}"/lib/functions/host/tmpfs-utils.sh
 
-# no errors tolerated. invoked before each sourced file to make sure.
-#set -o pipefail  # trace ERR through pipes - will be enabled "soon"
-#set -o nounset   ## set -u : exit the script if you try to use an uninitialised variable - one day will be enabled
-set -o errtrace # trace ERR through - enabled
-set -o errexit  ## set -e : exit the script if any statement returns a non-true return value - enabled
-### lib/functions/host/vagrant.sh
-# shellcheck source=lib/functions/host/vagrant.sh
-source "${SRC}"/lib/functions/host/vagrant.sh
-
 # no errors tolerated. invoked before each sourced file to make sure.
 #set -o pipefail  # trace ERR through pipes - will be enabled "soon"
 #set -o nounset   ## set -u : exit the script if you try to use an uninitialised variable - one day will be enabled