diff --git a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/Manifest b/sys-apps/kexec-tools/Manifest
index 7d82850..c9011dd 100644
--- a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/Manifest
+++ b/sys-apps/kexec-tools/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-DIST kexec-tools-2.0.20.tar.xz 297476 BLAKE2B 7e29e7f7d85296dd3e614c45f14c27eca74ce4426d5de2d20387d89f2f63afed318d6157cc4001849a04bb83505bbae87c43d34683ebaf9a70f5f29e3979ade3 SHA512 3112b6202c1030705c53e3f65a2b58aec14d65333a35aad681d48b9f2bd1c51a2e05c985a1e5e867ab02f8a9c97708483d9d225619db7c6993676f1a242e2d99
+DIST kexec-tools-2.0.22.tar.xz 303564 BLAKE2B 977c741eabf9b6b882550713ba59b18289b4f997fb382e96338efce6d04a9390fea952fc46ca72fd0a0b782261841ab2002da84b1819f955e63996eac900b0f7 SHA512 7580860f272eee5af52139809f12961e5a5d3a65f4e191183ca9c845410425d25818945ac14ed04a60e6ce474dc2656fc6a14041177b0bf703f450820c7d6aba
+DIST kexec-tools-2.0.24.tar.xz 303808 BLAKE2B 8188602f1b843c1dccc0307131f8c9ec0426c6cb3de898040352c1fed5f6d4bd7c58a0c2bf54290b91c8fe3401180df682959ee6c41693d07acc199c087c7db2 SHA512 ef7cf78246e2d729d81a3649791a5a23c385353cc75cbe8ef279616329fdaccc876d614c7f51e1456822a13a11520296070d9897467d24310399909e049c3822
diff --git a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/files/kexec-tools-2.0.20-build-multiboot2-for-i386.patch b/sys-apps/kexec-tools/files/kexec-tools-2.0.20-build-multiboot2-for-i386.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f63ddb..0000000
--- a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/files/kexec-tools-2.0.20-build-multiboot2-for-i386.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-From 2c9f26ed20a791a7df0182ba82e93abb52f5a615 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
-Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:52:15 +1300
-Subject: kexec: build multiboot2 for i386
-
-This addresses the following compilation issues when building for i386.
-
- kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.c:39:22: error: 'multiboot2_x86_probe' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'multiboot_x86_probe'?
-   { "multiboot2-x86", multiboot2_x86_probe, multiboot2_x86_load,
-                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-                       multiboot_x86_probe
- kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.c:39:44: error: 'multiboot2_x86_load' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'multiboot_x86_load'?
-   { "multiboot2-x86", multiboot2_x86_probe, multiboot2_x86_load,
-                                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-                                             multiboot_x86_load
- kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.c:40:4: error: 'multiboot2_x86_usage' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'multiboot_x86_usage'?
-     multiboot2_x86_usage },
-     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-     multiboot_x86_usage
- make: *** [Makefile:114: kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.o] Error 1
- make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
-
-Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
-Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
----
- kexec/arch/i386/Makefile    | 2 +-
- kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.h | 5 +++++
- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/Makefile b/kexec/arch/i386/Makefile
-index 105cefd..f486103 100644
---- a/kexec/arch/i386/Makefile
-+++ b/kexec/arch/i386/Makefile
-@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ i386_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/i386/kexec-elf-x86.c
- i386_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/i386/kexec-elf-rel-x86.c
- i386_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/i386/kexec-bzImage.c
- i386_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/i386/kexec-multiboot-x86.c
-+i386_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/i386/kexec-mb2-x86.c
- i386_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/i386/kexec-beoboot-x86.c
- i386_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/i386/kexec-nbi.c
- i386_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c
-@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ i386_KEXEC_SRCS += kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c
- 
- dist += kexec/arch/i386/Makefile $(i386_KEXEC_SRCS)			\
- 	kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.h					\
--	kexec/arch/i386/kexec-mb2-x86.c					\
- 	kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.h					\
- 	kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.h				\
- 	kexec/arch/i386/include/arch/options.h
-diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.h b/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.h
-index 1b58c3b..0f941df 100644
---- a/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.h
-+++ b/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-x86.h
-@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ int multiboot_x86_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len,
- 	struct kexec_info *info);
- void multiboot_x86_usage(void);
- 
-+int multiboot2_x86_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len,
-+			struct kexec_info *info);
-+void multiboot2_x86_usage(void);
-+int multiboot2_x86_probe(const char *buf, off_t buf_len);
-+
- int elf_x86_probe(const char *buf, off_t len);
- int elf_x86_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len,
- 	struct kexec_info *info);
--- 
-cgit 1.2-0.3.lf.el7
-
diff --git a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/files/kexec-tools-2.0.20-remove-duplicated-variable-declarations.patch b/sys-apps/kexec-tools/files/kexec-tools-2.0.20-remove-duplicated-variable-declarations.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d71e76b..0000000
--- a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/files/kexec-tools-2.0.20-remove-duplicated-variable-declarations.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-From cc087b11462af9f971a2c090d07e8d780a867b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Kairui Song <kasong@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:38:19 +0800
-Subject: kexec-tools: Remove duplicated variable declarations
-
-When building kexec-tools for Fedora 32, following error is observed:
-
-/usr/bin/ld: kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-bzImage64.o:(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `bzImage_support_efi_boot';
-kexec/arch/i386/kexec-bzImage.o:(.bss+0x0): first defined here
-
-/builddir/build/BUILD/kexec-tools-2.0.20/kexec/arch/arm/../../fs2dt.h:33: multiple definition of `my_debug';
-kexec/fs2dt.o:/builddir/build/BUILD/kexec-tools-2.0.20/kexec/fs2dt.h:33: first defined here
-
-/builddir/build/BUILD/kexec-tools-2.0.20/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h:68: multiple definition of `arm64_mem';
-kexec/fs2dt.o:/builddir/build/BUILD/kexec-tools-2.0.20/././kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h:68: first defined here
-
-/builddir/build/BUILD/kexec-tools-2.0.20/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h:54: multiple definition of `initrd_size';
-kexec/fs2dt.o:/builddir/build/BUILD/kexec-tools-2.0.20/././kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h:54: first defined here
-
-/builddir/build/BUILD/kexec-tools-2.0.20/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h:53: multiple definition of `initrd_base';
-kexec/fs2dt.o:/builddir/build/BUILD/kexec-tools-2.0.20/././kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h:53: first defined here
-
-And apparently, these variables are wrongly declared multiple times. So
-remove duplicated declaration.
-
-Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@redhat.com>
-Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
----
- kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h      | 6 +++---
- kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-ppc64.c  | 2 --
- kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-bzImage64.c | 1 -
- kexec/fs2dt.h                       | 2 +-
- 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h b/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h
-index 628de79..ed447ac 100644
---- a/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h
-+++ b/kexec/arch/arm64/kexec-arm64.h
-@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ int zImage_arm64_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *kernel_buf,
- void zImage_arm64_usage(void);
- 
- 
--off_t initrd_base;
--off_t initrd_size;
-+extern off_t initrd_base;
-+extern off_t initrd_size;
- 
- /**
-  * struct arm64_mem - Memory layout info.
-@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct arm64_mem {
- };
- 
- #define arm64_mem_ngv UINT64_MAX
--struct arm64_mem arm64_mem;
-+extern struct arm64_mem arm64_mem;
- 
- uint64_t get_phys_offset(void);
- uint64_t get_vp_offset(void);
-diff --git a/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-ppc64.c b/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-ppc64.c
-index 3510b70..695b8b0 100644
---- a/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-ppc64.c
-+++ b/kexec/arch/ppc64/kexec-elf-ppc64.c
-@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
- uint64_t initrd_base, initrd_size;
- unsigned char reuse_initrd = 0;
- const char *ramdisk;
--/* Used for enabling printing message from purgatory code */
--int my_debug = 0;
- 
- int elf_ppc64_probe(const char *buf, off_t len)
- {
-diff --git a/kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-bzImage64.c b/kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-bzImage64.c
-index 8edb3e4..ba8dc48 100644
---- a/kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-bzImage64.c
-+++ b/kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-bzImage64.c
-@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
- #include <arch/options.h>
- 
- static const int probe_debug = 0;
--int bzImage_support_efi_boot;
- 
- int bzImage64_probe(const char *buf, off_t len)
- {
-diff --git a/kexec/fs2dt.h b/kexec/fs2dt.h
-index 7633273..fe24931 100644
---- a/kexec/fs2dt.h
-+++ b/kexec/fs2dt.h
-@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern struct bootblock bb[1];
- 
- /* Used for enabling printing message from purgatory code
-  * Only has implemented for PPC64 */
--int my_debug;
-+extern int my_debug;
- extern int dt_no_old_root;
- 
- void reserve(unsigned long long where, unsigned long long length);
--- 
-cgit 1.2-0.3.lf.el7
-
diff --git a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.20-r3.ebuild b/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.24.ebuild
similarity index 93%
rename from sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.20-r3.ebuild
rename to sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.24.ebuild
index 6e1a010..ca769e9 100644
--- a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.20-r3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.24.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.0.4-disable-kexec-test.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.0.4-out-of-source.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-remove-duplicated-variable-declarations.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-build-multiboot2-for-i386.patch
 )
 
 pkg_setup() {
@@ -116,7 +114,7 @@
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	if [[ ${n_root_args} > 1 && "${has_rootpart_set}" == "no"  ]]; then
+	if [[ ${n_root_args} -gt 1 && "${has_rootpart_set}" == "no"  ]]; then
 		ewarn "WARNING: Multiple root arguments (root=) on kernel command-line detected!"
 		ewarn "This was probably caused by a previous version of ${PN}."
 		ewarn "Please reboot system once *without* kexec to avoid boot problems"
diff --git a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/kexec-tools/metadata.xml
index 8419d1e..eef87b3 100644
--- a/sys-apps/kexec-tools/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/kexec-tools/metadata.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>