diff --git a/packages/by-name/microsoft/genpolicy/genpolicy_msft_revert_special_symlink_names.patch b/packages/by-name/microsoft/genpolicy/genpolicy_msft_revert_special_symlink_names.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 74b2f894fe..0000000000
--- a/packages/by-name/microsoft/genpolicy/genpolicy_msft_revert_special_symlink_names.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-From 76b9881f5004d0b577608dbaa218ba6682c2a3a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Markus Rudy <mr@edgeless.systems>
-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:59:57 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Revert "tarindex: Add special symlink name handling"
-
-This reverts commit 3951807d04ca2d350071d0ee05ebb18fa28bd95d,
-which caused genpolicy to produce verity hashes that were not accepted
-by AKS.
----
- src/tardev-snapshotter/tarindex/src/lib.rs | 38 ++++++++--------------
- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/tardev-snapshotter/tarindex/src/lib.rs b/src/tardev-snapshotter/tarindex/src/lib.rs
-index f4e0085a2..a46d35a47 100644
---- a/src/tardev-snapshotter/tarindex/src/lib.rs
-+++ b/src/tardev-snapshotter/tarindex/src/lib.rs
-@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ fn visit_breadth_first_mut(
- fn read_all_entries(
-     reader: &mut (impl io::Read + io::Seek),
-     root: &mut Rc<RefCell<Entry>>,
--    special_link: &mut Vec<Vec<u8>>,
-     mut cb: impl FnMut(&mut Rc<RefCell<Entry>>, &[u8], &Entry),
-     mut hardlink: impl FnMut(&mut Rc<RefCell<Entry>>, &[u8], &[u8]),
- ) -> io::Result<u64> {
-@@ -137,12 +136,18 @@ fn read_all_entries(
-                             .link_name_bytes()
-                             .unwrap_or(std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(b""));
-                         if *hname != *name {
--                            special_link.push(name.to_vec());
--                            entry_offset = 0;
--                        } else {
--                            entry_offset = f.raw_header_position() + 157;
-+                            // TODO: Handle this case by duplicating the full name.
-+                            eprintln!(
-+                                "Skipping symlink with long link name ({}, {} bytes, {}, {} bytes): {}",
-+                                String::from_utf8_lossy(&name), name.len(),
-+                                String::from_utf8_lossy(&hname), hname.len(),
-+                                String::from_utf8_lossy(&f.path_bytes())
-+                            );
-+                            continue;
-                         }
-+
-                         entry_size = name.len() as u64;
-+                        entry_offset = f.raw_header_position() + 157;
-                     }
-                     None => {
-                         eprintln!(
-@@ -301,11 +306,10 @@ pub fn append_index(data: &mut (impl io::Read + io::Write + io::Seek)) -> io::Re
-         mode: S_IFDIR | 0o555,
-         ..Entry::default()
-     }));
--    let mut special_link = Vec::new();
-+
-     let contents_size = read_all_entries(
-         data,
-         &mut root,
--        &mut special_link,
-         |root, name, e| {
-             // Break the name into path components.
-             let mut path = if let Some(p) = clean_path(name) {
-@@ -423,7 +427,6 @@ pub fn append_index(data: &mut (impl io::Read + io::Write + io::Seek)) -> io::Re
-     // Calculate the offsets for directory entries.
-     let inode_table_size: u64 = mem::size_of::<Inode>() as u64 * ino_count;
-     let string_table_offset = init_direntry_offset(root.clone(), contents_size + inode_table_size)?;
--    let mut symlink_offset = string_table_offset;
- 
-     // Write the i-node table.
-     visit_breadth_first_mut(root.clone(), |e| {
-@@ -431,15 +434,6 @@ pub fn append_index(data: &mut (impl io::Read + io::Write + io::Seek)) -> io::Re
-             return Ok(());
-         }
- 
--        // Check for special symlink names
--        let inode_offset = if (e.mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFLNK || e.offset != 0 {
--            e.offset
--        } else {
--            let v = symlink_offset;
--            symlink_offset += e.size;
--            v
--        };
--
-         e.emitted = true;
-         let inode = Inode {
-             mode: e.mode.into(),
-@@ -453,20 +447,14 @@ pub fn append_index(data: &mut (impl io::Read + io::Write + io::Seek)) -> io::Re
-             group: e.group.into(),
-             lmtime: (e.mtime as u32).into(),
-             size: e.size.into(),
--            offset: inode_offset.into(),
-+            offset: e.offset.into(),
-         };
-         data.write_all(inode.as_bytes())?;
-         Ok(())
-     })?;
- 
-     // Write the directory bodies.
--    let mut end_offset = write_direntry_bodies(root.clone(), symlink_offset, data)?;
--
--    // Duplicate special symlink names.
--    for link_name in special_link.iter() {
--        data.write_all(link_name.as_bytes())?;
--        end_offset += link_name.len() as u64;
--    }
-+    let mut end_offset = write_direntry_bodies(root.clone(), string_table_offset, data)?;
- 
-     // Write the strings.
-     visit_breadth_first_mut(root, |e| {
--- 
-2.45.2
-
diff --git a/packages/by-name/microsoft/genpolicy/package.nix b/packages/by-name/microsoft/genpolicy/package.nix
index 0b559a1078..fd7e8e2530 100644
--- a/packages/by-name/microsoft/genpolicy/package.nix
+++ b/packages/by-name/microsoft/genpolicy/package.nix
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     };
 
     patches = [
-      # TODO(burgerdev): drop after Microsoft reverted it
-      ./genpolicy_msft_revert_special_symlink_names.patch
       # TODO(burgerdev): drop after Microsoft ported https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/pull/9706
       (fetchpatch {
         name = "genpolicy_device_support.patch";