diff --git a/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf b/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
index c6d4b88..5782603 100644
--- a/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+++ b/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # Distro config is evaluated after the machine config, so we have to explicitly
 # set the kernel provider to override a machine config.
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-yocto-tiny"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto-tiny ?= "5.0%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto-tiny ?= "5.8%"
 
 # We can use packagegroup-core-boot, but in the future we may need a new packagegroup-core-tiny
 #POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "packagegroup-core-boot"
diff --git a/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf b/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
index f2ee0d1..ed37f4a 100644
--- a/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/poky/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 
 DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "${DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULT} ${POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES}"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.4%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "5.8%"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto-rt ?= "5.4%"
 
 SDK_NAME = "${DISTRO}-${TCLIBC}-${SDKMACHINE}-${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${TUNE_PKGARCH}-${MACHINE}"
 SDKPATH = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}"
@@ -29,14 +30,6 @@
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += " ${POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS}"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += " ${POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS}"
 
-POKYQEMUDEPS = "${@bb.utils.contains("INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE", "GPL-3.0", "", "packagegroup-core-device-devel",d)}"
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemuarm = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemuarm64 = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemumips = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemuppc = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemux86 = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_append_qemux86-64 = " ${POKYQEMUDEPS}"
-
 TCLIBCAPPEND = ""
 
 PREMIRRORS ??= "\
diff --git a/poky/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample b/poky/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
index b555f1d..032f262 100644
--- a/poky/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/poky/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -261,6 +261,16 @@
 #BB_HASHSERVE = "auto"
 #BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER = "OEEquivHash"
 
+#
+# Memory Resident Bitbake
+#
+# Bitbake's server component can stay in memory after the UI for the current command
+# has completed. This means subsequent commands can run faster since there is no need
+# for bitbake to reload cache files and so on. Number is in seconds, after which the
+# server will shut down.
+#
+#BB_SERVER_TIMEOUT = "60"
+
 # CONF_VERSION is increased each time build/conf/ changes incompatibly and is used to
 # track the version of this file when it was generated. This can safely be ignored if
 # this doesn't mean anything to you.
diff --git a/poky/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample.extended b/poky/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample.extended
index dc92a16..44a0169 100644
--- a/poky/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample.extended
+++ b/poky/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample.extended
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@
 #This enable mklibs library size optimization will be for all the images.
 #MKLIBS_OPTIMIZED_IMAGES ?= "all"
 
-# Uncomment this if your host distribution provides the help2man tool.
-#ASSUME_PROVIDED += "help2man-native"
-
 # This value is currently used by pseudo to determine if the recipe should
 # build both the 32-bit and 64-bit wrapper libraries on a 64-bit build system.
 #