diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c
index 9434e1d..c34aa00 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if (argc == 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Helper function to find and exec qemu-bridge-helper. Set QEMU_BRIDGE_HELPER to override default search path\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     try_program("/usr/libexec/qemu-bridge-helper", argv);
     try_program("/usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper", argv);
 
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/tunctl.c b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/tunctl.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d745dd0..0000000
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/tunctl.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2002 Jeff Dike
- * Licensed under the GPL
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <grp.h>
-#include <net/if.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <linux/if_tun.h>
-
-/* TUNSETGROUP appeared in 2.6.23 */
-#ifndef TUNSETGROUP
-#define TUNSETGROUP   _IOW('T', 206, int)
-#endif
-
-static void Usage(char *name, int status)
-{
-  fprintf(stderr, "Create: %s [-b] [-u owner] [-g group] [-t device-name] "
-	  "[-f tun-clone-device]\n", name);
-  fprintf(stderr, "Delete: %s -d device-name [-f tun-clone-device]\n\n",
-	  name);
-  fprintf(stderr, "The default tun clone device is /dev/net/tun - some systems"
-	  " use\n/dev/misc/net/tun instead\n\n");
-  fprintf(stderr, "-b will result in brief output (just the device name)\n");
-  exit(status);
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-  struct ifreq ifr;
-  struct passwd *pw;
-  struct group *gr;
-  uid_t owner = -1;
-  gid_t group = -1;
-  int tap_fd, opt, delete = 0, brief = 0;
-  char *tun = "", *file = "/dev/net/tun", *name = argv[0], *end;
-
-  while((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "bd:f:t:u:g:h")) > 0){
-    switch(opt) {
-      case 'b':
-        brief = 1;
-        break;
-      case 'd':
-        delete = 1;
-	tun = optarg;
-        break;
-      case 'f':
-	file = optarg;
-	break;
-      case 'u':
-	pw = getpwnam(optarg);
-	if(pw != NULL){
-	  owner = pw->pw_uid;
-	  break;
-	}
-        owner = strtol(optarg, &end, 0);
-	if(*end != '\0'){
-	  fprintf(stderr, "'%s' is neither a username nor a numeric uid.\n",
-		  optarg);
-	  Usage(name, 1);
-	}
-        break;
-      case 'g':
-	gr = getgrnam(optarg);
-	if(gr != NULL){
-	  group = gr->gr_gid;
-	  break;
-	}
-        group = strtol(optarg, &end, 0);
-	if(*end != '\0'){
-	  fprintf(stderr, "'%s' is neither a groupname nor a numeric group.\n",
-		  optarg);
-	  Usage(name, 1);
-	}
-        break;
-
-      case 't':
-        tun = optarg;
-        break;
-      case 'h':
-        Usage(name, 0);
-        break;
-      default:
-        Usage(name, 1);
-    }
-  }
-
-  argv += optind;
-  argc -= optind;
-
-  if(argc > 0)
-    Usage(name, 1);
-
-  if((tap_fd = open(file, O_RDWR)) < 0){
-    fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open '%s' : ", file);
-    perror("");
-    exit(1);
-  }
-
-  memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
-
-  ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI;
-  strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, tun, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name) - 1);
-  if(ioctl(tap_fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *) &ifr) < 0){
-    perror("TUNSETIFF");
-    exit(1);
-  }
-
-  if(delete){
-    if(ioctl(tap_fd, TUNSETPERSIST, 0) < 0){
-      perror("disabling TUNSETPERSIST");
-      exit(1);
-    }
-    printf("Set '%s' nonpersistent\n", ifr.ifr_name);
-  }
-  else {
-    /* emulate behaviour prior to TUNSETGROUP */
-    if(owner == -1 && group == -1) {
-      owner = geteuid();
-    }
-
-    if(owner != -1) {
-      if(ioctl(tap_fd, TUNSETOWNER, owner) < 0){
-      	perror("TUNSETOWNER");
-      	exit(1);
-      }
-    }
-    if(group != -1) {
-      if(ioctl(tap_fd, TUNSETGROUP, group) < 0){
-      	perror("TUNSETGROUP");
-      	exit(1);
-      }
-    }
-
-    if(ioctl(tap_fd, TUNSETPERSIST, 1) < 0){
-      perror("enabling TUNSETPERSIST");
-      exit(1);
-    }
-
-    if(brief)
-      printf("%s\n", ifr.ifr_name);
-    else {
-      printf("Set '%s' persistent and owned by", ifr.ifr_name);
-      if(owner != -1)
-          printf(" uid %d", owner);
-      if(group != -1)
-          printf(" gid %d", group);
-      printf("\n");
-    }
-  }
-  return(0);
-}