diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc.rs
index b1f28334b27a..1d0cb6f12af9 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/alloc.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #[cfg(not(any(test, testlib)))]
 pub mod allocator;
-pub mod box_ext;
 pub mod kbox;
 pub mod vec_ext;
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs b/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b1550d620fd..000000000000
--- a/rust/kernel/alloc/box_ext.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-
-//! Extensions to [`Box`] for fallible allocations.
-
-use super::{AllocError, Flags};
-use alloc::boxed::Box;
-use core::{mem::MaybeUninit, ptr, result::Result};
-
-/// Extensions to [`Box`].
-pub trait BoxExt<T>: Sized {
-    /// Allocates a new box.
-    ///
-    /// The allocation may fail, in which case an error is returned.
-    fn new(x: T, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, AllocError>;
-
-    /// Allocates a new uninitialised box.
-    ///
-    /// The allocation may fail, in which case an error is returned.
-    fn new_uninit(flags: Flags) -> Result<Box<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError>;
-
-    /// Drops the contents, but keeps the allocation.
-    ///
-    /// # Examples
-    ///
-    /// ```
-    /// use kernel::alloc::{flags, box_ext::BoxExt};
-    /// let value = Box::new([0; 32], flags::GFP_KERNEL)?;
-    /// assert_eq!(*value, [0; 32]);
-    /// let mut value = Box::drop_contents(value);
-    /// // Now we can re-use `value`:
-    /// value.write([1; 32]);
-    /// // SAFETY: We just wrote to it.
-    /// let value = unsafe { value.assume_init() };
-    /// assert_eq!(*value, [1; 32]);
-    /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
-    /// ```
-    fn drop_contents(this: Self) -> Box<MaybeUninit<T>>;
-}
-
-impl<T> BoxExt<T> for Box<T> {
-    fn new(x: T, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, AllocError> {
-        let b = <Self as BoxExt<_>>::new_uninit(flags)?;
-        Ok(Box::write(b, x))
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(any(test, testlib))]
-    fn new_uninit(_flags: Flags) -> Result<Box<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError> {
-        Ok(Box::new_uninit())
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(not(any(test, testlib)))]
-    fn new_uninit(flags: Flags) -> Result<Box<MaybeUninit<T>>, AllocError> {
-        let ptr = if core::mem::size_of::<MaybeUninit<T>>() == 0 {
-            core::ptr::NonNull::<_>::dangling().as_ptr()
-        } else {
-            let layout = core::alloc::Layout::new::<MaybeUninit<T>>();
-
-            // SAFETY: Memory is being allocated (first arg is null). The only other source of
-            // safety issues is sleeping on atomic context, which is addressed by klint. Lastly,
-            // the type is not a SZT (checked above).
-            let ptr =
-                unsafe { super::allocator::krealloc_aligned(core::ptr::null_mut(), layout, flags) };
-            if ptr.is_null() {
-                return Err(AllocError);
-            }
-
-            ptr.cast::<MaybeUninit<T>>()
-        };
-
-        // SAFETY: For non-zero-sized types, we allocate above using the global allocator. For
-        // zero-sized types, we use `NonNull::dangling`.
-        Ok(unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) })
-    }
-
-    fn drop_contents(this: Self) -> Box<MaybeUninit<T>> {
-        let ptr = Box::into_raw(this);
-        // SAFETY: `ptr` is valid, because it came from `Box::into_raw`.
-        unsafe { ptr::drop_in_place(ptr) };
-
-        // CAST: `MaybeUninit<T>` is a transparent wrapper of `T`.
-        let ptr = ptr.cast::<MaybeUninit<T>>();
-
-        // SAFETY: `ptr` is valid for writes, because it came from `Box::into_raw` and it is valid for
-        // reads, since the pointer came from `Box::into_raw` and the type is `MaybeUninit<T>`.
-        unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/init.rs b/rust/kernel/init.rs
index e057b374f255..2f562642e9a4 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/init.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/init.rs
@@ -211,13 +211,12 @@
 //! [`pin_init!`]: crate::pin_init!
 
 use crate::{
-    alloc::{box_ext::BoxExt, AllocError, Flags, KBox},
+    alloc::{AllocError, Flags, KBox},
     error::{self, Error},
     sync::Arc,
     sync::UniqueArc,
     types::{Opaque, ScopeGuard},
 };
-use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use core::{
     cell::UnsafeCell,
     convert::Infallible,
@@ -590,7 +589,6 @@ macro_rules! pin_init {
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// # #![feature(new_uninit)]
 /// use kernel::{init::{self, PinInit}, error::Error};
 /// #[pin_data]
 /// struct BigBuf {
@@ -1244,26 +1242,6 @@ fn try_init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, E>
     }
 }
 
-impl<T> InPlaceInit<T> for Box<T> {
-    type PinnedSelf = Pin<Self>;
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn try_pin_init<E>(init: impl PinInit<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self::PinnedSelf, E>
-    where
-        E: From<AllocError>,
-    {
-        <Box<_> as BoxExt<_>>::new_uninit(flags)?.write_pin_init(init)
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn try_init<E>(init: impl Init<T, E>, flags: Flags) -> Result<Self, E>
-    where
-        E: From<AllocError>,
-    {
-        <Box<_> as BoxExt<_>>::new_uninit(flags)?.write_init(init)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T> InPlaceInit<T> for UniqueArc<T> {
     type PinnedSelf = Pin<Self>;
 
@@ -1300,28 +1278,6 @@ pub trait InPlaceWrite<T> {
     fn write_pin_init<E>(self, init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> Result<Pin<Self::Initialized>, E>;
 }
 
-impl<T> InPlaceWrite<T> for Box<MaybeUninit<T>> {
-    type Initialized = Box<T>;
-
-    fn write_init<E>(mut self, init: impl Init<T, E>) -> Result<Self::Initialized, E> {
-        let slot = self.as_mut_ptr();
-        // SAFETY: When init errors/panics, slot will get deallocated but not dropped,
-        // slot is valid.
-        unsafe { init.__init(slot)? };
-        // SAFETY: All fields have been initialized.
-        Ok(unsafe { self.assume_init() })
-    }
-
-    fn write_pin_init<E>(mut self, init: impl PinInit<T, E>) -> Result<Pin<Self::Initialized>, E> {
-        let slot = self.as_mut_ptr();
-        // SAFETY: When init errors/panics, slot will get deallocated but not dropped,
-        // slot is valid and will not be moved, because we pin it later.
-        unsafe { init.__pinned_init(slot)? };
-        // SAFETY: All fields have been initialized.
-        Ok(unsafe { self.assume_init() }.into())
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T> InPlaceWrite<T> for UniqueArc<MaybeUninit<T>> {
     type Initialized = UniqueArc<T>;
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index f10b06a78b9d..eb5c593acfc0 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #![no_std]
 #![feature(coerce_unsized)]
 #![feature(dispatch_from_dyn)]
-#![feature(new_uninit)]
 #![feature(receiver_trait)]
 #![feature(unsize)]
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
index a9210634a8c3..c1f8e5c832e2 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/prelude.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 #[doc(no_inline)]
 pub use core::pin::Pin;
 
-pub use crate::alloc::{box_ext::BoxExt, flags::*, vec_ext::VecExt, KBox, KVBox, VBox};
+pub use crate::alloc::{flags::*, vec_ext::VecExt, KBox, KVBox, VBox};
 
 #[doc(no_inline)]
-pub use alloc::{boxed::Box, vec::Vec};
+pub use alloc::vec::Vec;
 
 #[doc(no_inline)]
 pub use macros::{module, pin_data, pinned_drop, vtable, Zeroable};
diff --git a/rust/kernel/types.rs b/rust/kernel/types.rs
index 9e7ca066355c..53d3ddc0b98c 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/types.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/types.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
 //! Kernel types.
 
 use crate::init::{self, PinInit};
-use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use core::{
     cell::UnsafeCell,
     marker::{PhantomData, PhantomPinned},
     mem::{ManuallyDrop, MaybeUninit},
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
-    pin::Pin,
     ptr::NonNull,
 };
 
@@ -71,54 +69,6 @@ unsafe fn try_from_foreign(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Option<Self> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: 'static> ForeignOwnable for Box<T> {
-    type Borrowed<'a> = &'a T;
-
-    fn into_foreign(self) -> *const core::ffi::c_void {
-        Box::into_raw(self) as _
-    }
-
-    unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> &'a T {
-        // SAFETY: The safety requirements for this function ensure that the object is still alive,
-        // so it is safe to dereference the raw pointer.
-        // The safety requirements of `from_foreign` also ensure that the object remains alive for
-        // the lifetime of the returned value.
-        unsafe { &*ptr.cast() }
-    }
-
-    unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Self {
-        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` comes from a previous
-        // call to `Self::into_foreign`.
-        unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr as _) }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T: 'static> ForeignOwnable for Pin<Box<T>> {
-    type Borrowed<'a> = Pin<&'a T>;
-
-    fn into_foreign(self) -> *const core::ffi::c_void {
-        // SAFETY: We are still treating the box as pinned.
-        Box::into_raw(unsafe { Pin::into_inner_unchecked(self) }) as _
-    }
-
-    unsafe fn borrow<'a>(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Pin<&'a T> {
-        // SAFETY: The safety requirements for this function ensure that the object is still alive,
-        // so it is safe to dereference the raw pointer.
-        // The safety requirements of `from_foreign` also ensure that the object remains alive for
-        // the lifetime of the returned value.
-        let r = unsafe { &*ptr.cast() };
-
-        // SAFETY: This pointer originates from a `Pin<Box<T>>`.
-        unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(r) }
-    }
-
-    unsafe fn from_foreign(ptr: *const core::ffi::c_void) -> Self {
-        // SAFETY: The safety requirements of this function ensure that `ptr` comes from a previous
-        // call to `Self::into_foreign`.
-        unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(Box::from_raw(ptr as _)) }
-    }
-}
-
 impl ForeignOwnable for () {
     type Borrowed<'a> = ();
 
