diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
index 2c18c66e87..7dd65644a3 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ function deploy_kata() {
     yq write -i "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml" 'spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[5].value' --tag '!!str' "true"
 
     if [ "${KATA_HOST_OS}" = "cbl-mariner" ]; then
+        yq write -i "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml" 'spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[6].value' "initrd kernel"
         yq write -i "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml" 'spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[+].name' "HOST_OS"
         yq write -i "${tools_dir}/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml" 'spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[-1].value' "${KATA_HOST_OS}"
     fi
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
index da4c7adc89..b0ce40e607 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ function install_artifacts() {
 	if [ "${HOST_OS:-}" == "cbl-mariner" ]; then
 		config_path="/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-clh.toml"
 		clh_path="/opt/kata/bin/cloud-hypervisor-glibc"
-		sed -i -E 's|(enable_annotations) = .+|\1 = ["enable_iommu", "initrd", "kernel"]|' "${config_path}"
 		sed -i -E "s|(valid_hypervisor_paths) = .+|\1 = [\"${clh_path}\"]|" "${config_path}"
 		sed -i -E "s|(path) = \".+/cloud-hypervisor\"|\1 = \"${clh_path}\"|" "${config_path}"
 	fi