diff --git a/overlay.d/07el9/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/36-iscsid-disabled.preset b/overlay.d/07el9/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/36-iscsid-disabled.preset
index b419980e7..6d7f03d28 100644
--- a/overlay.d/07el9/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/36-iscsid-disabled.preset
+++ b/overlay.d/07el9/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/36-iscsid-disabled.preset
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-disable iscsid.socket
-
 # force disable until the following patches are in c9s/el9:
 # https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/iscsi-initiator-utils/c/1e689cd0c6667eca838c85975a1b7a070209e5ad
 # https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fedora-release/pull-request/246