diff --git a/classes/imx-boot-container.bbclass b/classes/imx-boot-container.bbclass
index 8ba32cac7..b0d3dc1fb 100644
--- a/classes/imx-boot-container.bbclass
+++ b/classes/imx-boot-container.bbclass
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ do_deploy:append() {
                     if [ ! -f "${DEPLOYDIR}/imx-boot" ]; then
                         ln -sf flash.bin-${MACHINE}-${type} flash.bin
                         ln -sf flash.bin-${MACHINE}-${type} imx-boot
-
+                        ln -sf flash.bin.tagged imx-boot.tagged
                     else
                         bbwarn "Use custom wks.in for $UBOOT_CONFIG = $type"
                     fi
diff --git a/classes/uuu_bootloader_tag.bbclass b/classes/uuu_bootloader_tag.bbclass
index 87745660c..b41d22a92 100644
--- a/classes/uuu_bootloader_tag.bbclass
+++ b/classes/uuu_bootloader_tag.bbclass
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
-# Append a tag to the bootloader image used in the SD card image. The tag
-# contains the size of the bootloader image so UUU can easily find the end of
-# the bootloader in the SD card image.
+# Create a tagged boot partition file for the SD card image file. The tag
+# contains the size of the boot partition image so UUU can easily find
+# the end of it in the SD card image file.
+#
+# IMPORTANT: The tagged boot partition file should never be used directly with
+#            UUU, as it can cause UUU to hang.
+
+UUU_BOOTLOADER                 = "${UBOOT_BINARY}"
+UUU_BOOTLOADER:mx8-generic-bsp = "${@d.getVar('UBOOT_PROVIDES_BOOT_CONTAINER') == '0' and 'imx-boot' or 'flash.bin'}"
+UUU_BOOTLOADER:mx9-generic-bsp = "${@d.getVar('UBOOT_PROVIDES_BOOT_CONTAINER') == '0' and 'imx-boot' or 'flash.bin'}"
+
 do_deploy:append() {
     if [ "${UUU_BOOTLOADER}" != "" ]; then
-        cp ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER}   ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER_TAGGED}
-        cp ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER}   ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER_UNTAGGED}
-        ln -sf ${UUU_BOOTLOADER_TAGGED}     ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER}
-        stat -L -cUUUBURNXXOEUZX7+A-XY5601QQWWZ%sEND ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER_TAGGED} \
-                                         >> ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER_TAGGED}
+        cp ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER} \
+           ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER}.tagged
+        stat -L -cUUUBURNXXOEUZX7+A-XY5601QQWWZ%sEND \
+             ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER}.tagged \
+             >> ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UUU_BOOTLOADER}.tagged
     fi
 }
diff --git a/conf/machine/include/imx-base.inc b/conf/machine/include/imx-base.inc
index 43d62756b..b127cee45 100644
--- a/conf/machine/include/imx-base.inc
+++ b/conf/machine/include/imx-base.inc
@@ -653,9 +653,9 @@ WKS_FILE_DEPENDS:append:imx-generic-bsp:mx9-generic-bsp = " \
     ${@oe.utils.ifelse(d.getVar('UBOOT_PROVIDES_BOOT_CONTAINER') == '0', 'imx-boot', '')} \
 "
 
-SOC_DEFAULT_WKS_FILE ?= "imx-uboot-bootpart.wks.in"
-SOC_DEFAULT_WKS_FILE:mx8-generic-bsp ?= "imx-imx-boot-bootpart.wks.in"
+SOC_DEFAULT_WKS_FILE                 ?= "imx-uboot-bootpart.wks.in"
 SOC_DEFAULT_WKS_FILE:mxs-generic-bsp ?= "imx-uboot-mxs-bootpart.wks.in"
+SOC_DEFAULT_WKS_FILE:mx8-generic-bsp ?= "imx-imx-boot-bootpart.wks.in"
 SOC_DEFAULT_WKS_FILE:mx9-generic-bsp ?= "imx-imx-boot-bootpart.wks.in"
 
 WKS_FILE ?= "${SOC_DEFAULT_WKS_FILE}"
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/imx-mkimage/imx-boot_1.0.bb b/recipes-bsp/imx-mkimage/imx-boot_1.0.bb
index ed6a155fe..3c027044d 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/imx-mkimage/imx-boot_1.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/imx-mkimage/imx-boot_1.0.bb
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ DEPENDS:append:mx93-generic-bsp = " u-boot-mkimage-native dtc-native"
 
 inherit deploy uuu_bootloader_tag
 
-UUU_BOOTLOADER        = "imx-boot"
-UUU_BOOTLOADER_TAGGED = "imx-boot-tagged"
-UUU_BOOTLOADER_UNTAGGED = "imx-boot-untagged"
+UUU_BOOTLOADER = "imx-boot"
 
 # Add CFLAGS with native INCDIR & LIBDIR for imx-mkimage build
 CFLAGS = "-O2 -Wall -std=c99 -I ${STAGING_INCDIR_NATIVE} -L ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}"
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-fslc_2024.07.bb b/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-fslc_2024.07.bb
index eba8876aa..4dc698219 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-fslc_2024.07.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-fslc_2024.07.bb
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ order to provide support for some backported features and fixes, or because it \
 was submitted for revision and it takes some time to become part of a stable \
 version, or because it is not applicable for upstreaming."
 
-inherit ${@oe.utils.ifelse(d.getVar('UBOOT_PROVIDES_BOOT_CONTAINER') == '1', 'imx-boot-container', '')}
-
 DEPENDS += "bc-native dtc-native python3-setuptools-native gnutls-native"
 
 PROVIDES += "u-boot u-boot-mfgtool"
@@ -21,5 +19,8 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE += 'HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CPPFLAGS}" \
                  HOSTLDFLAGS="${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" \
                  HOSTSTRIP=true'
 
+inherit ${@oe.utils.ifelse(d.getVar('UBOOT_PROVIDES_BOOT_CONTAINER') == '1', 'imx-boot-container', '')}
+inherit uuu_bootloader_tag
+
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(imx-generic-bsp)"
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-imx_2024.04.bb b/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-imx_2024.04.bb
index 3d03c8349..29d835278 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-imx_2024.04.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-imx_2024.04.bb
@@ -9,15 +9,10 @@ PROVIDES += "u-boot u-boot-mfgtool"
 
 inherit uuu_bootloader_tag
 
-UUU_BOOTLOADER                          = ""
-UUU_BOOTLOADER:mx6-generic-bsp          = "${UBOOT_BINARY}"
-UUU_BOOTLOADER:mx7-generic-bsp          = "${UBOOT_BINARY}"
-UUU_BOOTLOADER_TAGGED                   = ""
-UUU_BOOTLOADER_TAGGED:mx6-generic-bsp   = "u-boot-tagged.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
-UUU_BOOTLOADER_TAGGED:mx7-generic-bsp   = "u-boot-tagged.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
-UUU_BOOTLOADER_UNTAGGED                 = ""
-UUU_BOOTLOADER_UNTAGGED:mx6-generic-bsp = "u-boot-untagged.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
-UUU_BOOTLOADER_UNTAGGED:mx7-generic-bsp = "u-boot-untagged.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}"
+# The UUU tag goes on the boot partition. For 8+, the boot partition image
+# is imx-boot, so disable UUU-tagging here
+UUU_BOOTLOADER:mx8-generic-bsp = ""
+UUU_BOOTLOADER:mx9-generic-bsp = ""
 
 do_deploy:append:mx8m-generic-bsp() {
     # Deploy u-boot-nodtb.bin and fsl-imx8m*-XX.dtb for mkimage to generate boot binary
diff --git a/wic/imx-imx-boot-bootpart.wks.in b/wic/imx-imx-boot-bootpart.wks.in
index b50364d1b..20af7a6ad 100644
--- a/wic/imx-imx-boot-bootpart.wks.in
+++ b/wic/imx-imx-boot-bootpart.wks.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # 0 |        8MiB          72MiB          72MiB + rootfs + IMAGE_EXTRA_SPACE (default 10MiB)
 #   ${IMX_BOOT_SEEK} 32 or 33kiB, see reference manual
 #
-part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=imx-boot" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align ${IMX_BOOT_SEEK}
+part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=imx-boot.tagged" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align ${IMX_BOOT_SEEK}
 part /boot --source bootimg-partition --ondisk mmcblk --fstype=vfat --label boot --active --align 8192 --size 64
 part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 8192
 
diff --git a/wic/imx-imx-boot.wks.in b/wic/imx-imx-boot.wks.in
index 8e78b5e35..fdb411803 100644
--- a/wic/imx-imx-boot.wks.in
+++ b/wic/imx-imx-boot.wks.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # 0 |        8MiB            8MiB + rootfs + IMAGE_EXTRA_SPACE (default 10MiB)
 #   ${IMX_BOOT_SEEK} 32 or 33kiB, see reference manual
 #
-part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=imx-boot" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align ${IMX_BOOT_SEEK}
+part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=imx-boot.tagged" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align ${IMX_BOOT_SEEK}
 part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 8192
 
 bootloader --ptable msdos
diff --git a/wic/imx-uboot-bootpart.wks.in b/wic/imx-uboot-bootpart.wks.in
index 8fe019c01..4959d02df 100644
--- a/wic/imx-uboot-bootpart.wks.in
+++ b/wic/imx-uboot-bootpart.wks.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # | |         |              |
 # 0 1kiB    4MiB          16MiB + rootfs + IMAGE_EXTRA_SPACE (default 10MiB)
 #
-part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=${UBOOT_BINARY}" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align 1
+part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=${UBOOT_BINARY}.tagged" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align 1
 part /boot --source bootimg-partition --ondisk mmcblk --fstype=vfat --label boot --active --align 4096 --size 16
 part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 4096
 
diff --git a/wic/imx-uboot-spl-bootpart.wks.in b/wic/imx-uboot-spl-bootpart.wks.in
index 8062c51e6..be0f0fe03 100644
--- a/wic/imx-uboot-spl-bootpart.wks.in
+++ b/wic/imx-uboot-spl-bootpart.wks.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # 0 1kiB  69kiB   4MiB          16MiB + rootfs + IMAGE_EXTRA_SPACE (default 10MiB)
 #
 part SPL --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=SPL" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align 1
-part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=${UBOOT_BINARY}" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align 69
+part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=${UBOOT_BINARY}.tagged" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align 69
 part /boot --source bootimg-partition --ondisk mmcblk --fstype=vfat --label boot --active --align 4096 --size 16
 part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 4096
 
diff --git a/wic/imx-uboot-spl.wks.in b/wic/imx-uboot-spl.wks.in
index db2f89ddb..c6c9aaa2c 100644
--- a/wic/imx-uboot-spl.wks.in
+++ b/wic/imx-uboot-spl.wks.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # 0 1kiB  69kiB   4MiB + rootfs + IMAGE_EXTRA_SPACE (default 10MiB)
 #
 part SPL --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=SPL" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align 1
-part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=${UBOOT_BINARY}" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align 69
+part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=${UBOOT_BINARY}.tagged" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align 69
 part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 4096
 
 bootloader --ptable msdos
diff --git a/wic/imx-uboot.wks b/wic/imx-uboot.wks
index 60870c34e..cde24798d 100644
--- a/wic/imx-uboot.wks
+++ b/wic/imx-uboot.wks
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # | |         |              |
 # 0 1kiB    4MiB + rootfs + IMAGE_EXTRA_SPACE (default 10MiB)
 #
-part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=u-boot.imx" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align 1
+part u-boot --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=${UBOOT_BINARY}.tagged" --ondisk mmcblk --no-table --align 1
 part / --source rootfs --ondisk mmcblk --fstype=ext4 --label root --align 4096
 
 bootloader --ptable msdos