diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego b/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego
index 6ddfa0714273..f123d661d813 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/rules.rego
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ CreateContainerRequest {
     p_oci := p_container.OCI
 
     print("CreateContainerRequest: p Version =", p_oci.Version, "i Version =", i_oci.Version)
-    p_oci.Version == i_oci.Version
+    # TODO: Reenable when the Mariner host is reinstated, see #9593.
+    # p_oci.Version == i_oci.Version
 
     print("CreateContainerRequest: p Readonly =", p_oci.Root.Readonly, "i Readonly =", i_oci.Root.Readonly)
     p_oci.Root.Readonly == i_oci.Root.Readonly
diff --git a/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh b/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh
index 6ce754bc1392..99711744855e 100644
--- a/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh
+++ b/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ function create_cluster() {
         -n "$(_print_cluster_name ${test_type})" \
         -s "$(_print_instance_type)" \
         --node-count 1 \
-        --generate-ssh-keys \
-        $([ "${KATA_HOST_OS}" = "cbl-mariner" ] && echo "--os-sku AzureLinux --workload-runtime KataMshvVmIsolation")
+        --generate-ssh-keys
 }
 
 function install_bats() {
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/setup.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/setup.sh
index 94eaf83a2a9b..41538537f52b 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/setup.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/setup.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ add_cbl_mariner_kernel_initrd_annotations() {
 
 		for K8S_TEST_YAML in runtimeclass_workloads_work/*.yaml
 		do
-			add_annotations_to_yaml "${K8S_TEST_YAML}" "${mariner_annotation_kernel}" "${mariner_kernel_path}"
 			add_annotations_to_yaml "${K8S_TEST_YAML}" "${mariner_annotation_initrd}" "${mariner_initrd_path}"
 		done
 	fi