diff --git a/changelog/bugfixes/2025-11-12-sssd.md b/changelog/bugfixes/2025-11-12-sssd.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28120b541cf
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed SSSD startup failure by adding back LDB modules into the image, which got lost after a Samba update ([Flatcar#1919](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/1919))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/net-fs/samba b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/net-fs/samba
index dda472eea0b..15f5870c636 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/net-fs/samba
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/net-fs/samba
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ cros_post_src_install_samba_flatcar_modifications() {
     # clean up unnecessary files
     rm -f "${ED}/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/samba.conf"
     rm -f "${ED}/etc/samba/"*
-    rm -f "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/samba/ldb/"*
     mv "${ED}/usr/bin/net" "${T}/net"
     rm -f "${ED}/usr/bin/"* "${ED}/usr/sbin/"*
     mv "${T}/net" "${ED}/usr/bin/net"