diff --git a/tools/packaging/qemu/patches/8.1.x/no_patches.txt b/tools/packaging/qemu/patches/8.1.x/no_patches.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tools/packaging/qemu/patches/tag_patches/tdx-qemu-upstream-2023.9.21-v8.1.0/no_patches.txt b/tools/packaging/qemu/patches/tag_patches/tdx-qemu-upstream-2023.9.21-v8.1.0/no_patches.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh b/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
index 8bdfc94de1..2f54921a14 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
@@ -331,22 +331,7 @@ generate_qemu_options() {
 	# From Kata Containers 2.5.0-alpha2 all arches but powerpc have been
 	# using the new implementation of virtiofs daemon, which is not part
 	# of QEMU.
-	# For the power, at least for now, keep building virtiofsd while
-	# building QEMU.
-	case "$arch" in
-	aarch64)
-		qemu_options+=(functionality:--disable-virtiofsd)
-		;;
-	x86_64)
-		qemu_options+=(functionality:--disable-virtiofsd)
-		;;
-	ppc64le)
-		qemu_options+=(functionality:--disable-virtiofsd)
-		;;
-	s390x)
-		qemu_options+=(functionality:--disable-virtiofsd)
-		;;
-	esac
+	qemu_options+=(functionality:--disable-virtiofsd)
 
 	qemu_options+=(functionality:--enable-virtfs)