diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index ead9ceaa08..90606ebd4b 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.05"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MICROBLAZEEL
+	bool "qemu target microblazeel removed"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MICROBLAZE
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  Version 11.0.0 of qemu folded microblazeel support into
+	  the microblaze target.
+
 config BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_6_19
 	bool "kernel headers version 6.19.x are no longer supported"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/qemu/Config.in b/package/qemu/Config.in
index 0b16c8c284..2a6aa288d3 100644
--- a/package/qemu/Config.in
+++ b/package/qemu/Config.in
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_ARCH_SUPPORTS_TARGET
 	bool
 	# Only tested on these architectures
 	default y if BR2_aarch64
-	default y if BR2_arm && !BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV4 && !BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV5
-	default y if BR2_i386
-	default y if BR2_mips
-	default y if BR2_mipsel
 	default y if BR2_powerpc64
 	default y if BR2_powerpc64le
-	default y if BR2_riscv
+	default y if BR2_RISCV_64
 	default y if BR2_s390x
 	default y if BR2_x86_64
 
@@ -223,12 +219,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MICROBLAZE
 	help
 	  Xilinx MicroBlaze soft processor.
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MICROBLAZEEL
-	bool "microblazeel"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_FDT if BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_SYSTEM
-	help
-	  Xilinx MicroBlaze EL soft processor.
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MIPS
 	bool "mips"
 	help
diff --git a/package/qemu/qemu.hash b/package/qemu/qemu.hash
index f8e750225f..7c7325a6ce 100644
--- a/package/qemu/qemu.hash
+++ b/package/qemu/qemu.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally computed, tarball verified with GPG signature
-sha256  9e30ad1b8b9f7b4463001582d1ab297f39cfccea5d08540c0ca6d6672785883a  qemu-10.2.0.tar.xz
+sha256  c04ca36012653f32d11c674d370cf52a710e7d3f18c2d8b63e4932052a4854d6  qemu-11.0.0.tar.xz
 sha256  dd3ce02338c3a48abb6ba59b48809f7108a8bd242cb0cc8be90daafa30707c28  COPYING
 sha256  31c90ce76b6f5aab90a205851e71d5c27e31c0aa3d7017a4383b98a6fe3f1faa  COPYING.LIB
diff --git a/package/qemu/qemu.mk b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
index b7007e3b98..2199db38cf 100644
--- a/package/qemu/qemu.mk
+++ b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # When updating the version, check whether the list of supported targets
 # needs to be updated.
-QEMU_VERSION = 10.2.0
+QEMU_VERSION = 11.0.0
 QEMU_SOURCE = qemu-$(QEMU_VERSION).tar.xz
 QEMU_SITE = https://download.qemu.org
 QEMU_SELINUX_MODULES = qemu virt
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ QEMU_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	host-python3 \
 	host-python-distlib \
+	host-python-setuptools \
+	host-python-wheel \
 	libglib2 \
 	zlib
 
@@ -70,7 +72,6 @@ QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_I386) += i386-softmmu
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_LOONGARCH64) += loongarch64-softmmu
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_M68K) += m68k-softmmu
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MICROBLAZE) += microblaze-softmmu
-QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MICROBLAZEEL) += microblazeel-softmmu
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MIPS) += mips-softmmu
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MIPS64) += mips64-softmmu
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MIPS64EL) += mips64el-softmmu
@@ -107,7 +108,6 @@ QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_I386) += i386-linux-user
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_LOONGARCH64) += loongarch64-linux-user
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_M68K) += m68k-linux-user
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MICROBLAZE) += microblaze-linux-user
-QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MICROBLAZEEL) += microblazeel-linux-user
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MIPS) += mips-linux-user
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MIPS64) += mips64-linux-user
 QEMU_TARGET_LIST_$(BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TARGET_MIPS64EL) += mips64el-linux-user
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ define QEMU_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 			--disable-curses \
 			--disable-dbus-display \
 			--disable-docs \
+			--disable-download \
 			--disable-dsound \
 			--disable-hvf \
 			--disable-jack \
@@ -345,7 +346,6 @@ define QEMU_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 			--disable-xen \
 			--enable-attr \
 			--enable-vhost-net \
-			--disable-download \
 			--disable-hexagon-idef-parser \
 			$(QEMU_OPTS)
 endef
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ HOST_QEMU_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	host-python3 \
 	host-python-distlib \
+	host-python-setuptools \
+	host-python-wheel \
 	host-slirp \
 	host-zlib
 
@@ -386,6 +388,7 @@ HOST_QEMU_DEPENDENCIES = \
 #       x86_64          x86_64
 #       m68k            m68k
 #       microblaze      microblaze
+#       microblazeel    microblaze
 #       mips            mips
 #       mipsel          mipsel
 #       mips64          mips64
@@ -416,6 +419,10 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(HOST_QEMU_ARCH),i686)
 HOST_QEMU_ARCH = i386
 endif
+ifeq ($(HOST_QEMU_ARCH),microblazeel)
+# since v11.0.0, microblazeel emulation is provided by the microblaze target
+HOST_QEMU_ARCH = microblaze
+endif
 ifeq ($(HOST_QEMU_ARCH),powerpc)
 HOST_QEMU_ARCH = ppc
 endif
@@ -508,6 +515,7 @@ define HOST_QEMU_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		--disable-curl \
 		--disable-dbus-display \
 		--disable-docs \
+		--disable-download \
 		--disable-dsound \
 		--disable-jack \
 		--disable-libssh \