diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-empty-dirs.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-empty-dirs.bats
index 0bf901caaa..93b189517b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-empty-dirs.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-empty-dirs.bats
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ setup() {
 	pod_name="sharevol-kata"
 	get_pod_config_dir
 	pod_logs_file=""
+
+	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/pod-empty-dir.yaml"
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
 }
 
 @test "Empty dir volumes" {
 	# Create the pod
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-empty-dir.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Check pod creation
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-exec-rejected.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-exec-rejected.bats
index 469c709856..0c9057c107 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-exec-rejected.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-exec-rejected.bats
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
 setup() {
+	policy_tests_enabled || skip "Policy tests are disabled."
+
 	get_pod_config_dir
 	pod_name="policy-exec-rejected"
 	pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/k8s-policy-exec-rejected.yaml"
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ setup() {
 }
 
 teardown() {
+	policy_tests_enabled || skip "Policy tests are disabled."
+
 	# Debugging information
 	kubectl describe "pod/$pod_name"
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-footloose.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-footloose.bats
index b8b10db7a6..47bf14f77b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-footloose.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-footloose.bats
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ setup() {
 	sed -e "/\${ssh_key}/r ${public_key_path}" -e "/\${ssh_key}/d" \
 		"${pod_config_dir}/footloose-configmap.yaml" > "$configmap_yaml"
 	sed -i 's/ssh-rsa/      ssh-rsa/' "$configmap_yaml"
+
+	# Add an "allow all" policy to the pod yaml file.
+	pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/pod-footloose.yaml"
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${pod_yaml}"
 }
 
 @test "Footloose pod" {
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ setup() {
 	kubectl create -f "$configmap_yaml"
 
 	# Create pod
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-footloose.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${pod_yaml}"
 
 	# Check pod creation
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats
index 7a7c5d7eba..329c868e1a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-guest-pull-image.bats
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ setup() {
     echo "Pod $runc_pod_config file:"
     cat $runc_pod_config
 
+    add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "$runc_pod_config"
     k8s_create_pod "$runc_pod_config"
 
     echo "Runc pod test-e2e is running"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ setup() {
     echo "Pod $kata_pod_with_nydus_config file:"
     cat $kata_pod_with_nydus_config
 
+    add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config"
     k8s_create_pod "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config"
     echo "Kata pod test-e2e with nydus annotation is running"
 
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ setup() {
     echo "Pod $kata_pod_with_nydus_config file:"
     cat $kata_pod_with_nydus_config
 
+    add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config"
     k8s_create_pod "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config"
 }
 
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ setup() {
     echo "Pod $kata_pod_with_nydus_config file:"
     cat $kata_pod_with_nydus_config
 
+    add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config"
     k8s_create_pod "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config"
     
     echo "Kata pod test-e2e with nydus annotation is running"
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ setup() {
     echo "Pod $kata_pod_without_nydus_config file:"
     cat $kata_pod_without_nydus_config
 
+    add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "$kata_pod_without_nydus_config"
     k8s_create_pod "$kata_pod_without_nydus_config"
 
     echo "Kata pod test-e2e without nydus annotation is running"
@@ -163,6 +168,7 @@ setup() {
     echo "Pod $kata_pod_without_nydus_config file:"
     cat $kata_pod_without_nydus_config
 
+    add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "$kata_pod_without_nydus_config"
     k8s_create_pod "$kata_pod_without_nydus_config"
     
     echo "Kata pod test-e2e without nydus annotation is running"
@@ -189,6 +195,7 @@ setup() {
     echo "Pod $kata_pod_with_nydus_config file:"
     cat $kata_pod_with_nydus_config
 
+    add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config"
     k8s_create_pod "$kata_pod_with_nydus_config"
     
     echo "Kata pod test-e2e with nydus annotation is running"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-inotify.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-inotify.bats
index a06bf6774f..193cf99dc3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-inotify.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-inotify.bats
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ setup() {
 	issue_url="https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/8906"
 	[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "qemu-se" ] && skip "test not working for IBM Z LPAR (see ${issue_url})"
 	get_pod_config_dir
+
+	pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}"/inotify-configmap-pod.yaml
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${pod_yaml}"
 }
 
 @test "configmap update works, and preserves symlinks" {
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ setup() {
         kubectl apply -f "${pod_config_dir}"/inotify-configmap.yaml
 
         # Create deployment that expects identity-certs
-        kubectl apply -f "${pod_config_dir}"/inotify-configmap-pod.yaml
+        kubectl apply -f "${pod_yaml}"
         kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
 
         # Update configmap
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats
index 5c8a736e78..ea8d51c41e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-liveness-probes.bats
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ setup() {
 @test "Liveness probe" {
 	pod_name="liveness-exec"
 
+	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/probe-pod-liveness.yaml"
+	cp "${pod_config_dir}/pod-liveness.yaml" "${yaml_file}"
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
+
 	# Create pod
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-liveness.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Check pod creation
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
@@ -36,10 +40,16 @@ setup() {
 @test "Liveness http probe" {
 	pod_name="liveness-http"
 
-	# Create pod
+	# Create pod specification.
+	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/http-pod-liveness.yaml"
+
 	sed -e "s#\${agnhost_image}#${agnhost_name}:${agnhost_version}#" \
-		"${pod_config_dir}/pod-http-liveness.yaml" |\
-		kubectl create -f -
+		"${pod_config_dir}/pod-http-liveness.yaml" > "${yaml_file}"
+
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
+
+	# Create pod
+	kubectl create -f "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Check pod creation
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
@@ -56,10 +66,16 @@ setup() {
 @test "Liveness tcp probe" {
 	pod_name="tcptest"
 
-	# Create pod
+	# Create pod specification.
+	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/tcp-pod-liveness.yaml"
+
 	sed -e "s#\${agnhost_image}#${agnhost_name}:${agnhost_version}#" \
-		"${pod_config_dir}/pod-tcp-liveness.yaml" |\
-		kubectl create -f -
+		"${pod_config_dir}/pod-tcp-liveness.yaml" > "${yaml_file}"
+
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
+
+	# Create pod
+	kubectl create -f "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Check pod creation
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
@@ -77,4 +93,6 @@ teardown() {
 	kubectl describe "pod/$pod_name"
 
 	kubectl delete pod "$pod_name"
+
+	rm -f "${yaml_file}"
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-measured-rootfs.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-measured-rootfs.bats
index a98f96c6a8..cee9466926 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-measured-rootfs.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-measured-rootfs.bats
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ teardown() {
 	# Run on a specific node so we know from where to inspect the logs
 	set_node "$pod_config" "$node"
 
+	# Add an "allow all" policy if policy testing is enabled.
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "$pod_config"
+
 	# For debug sake
 	echo "Pod $pod_config file:"
 	cat $pod_config
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-nginx-connectivity.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-nginx-connectivity.bats
index bc7271dc86..73c4426fb3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-nginx-connectivity.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-nginx-connectivity.bats
@@ -15,15 +15,19 @@ setup() {
 	deployment="nginx-deployment"
 
 	get_pod_config_dir
+
+	# Create test .yaml
+	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/test-${deployment}.yaml"
+
+	sed -e "s/\${nginx_version}/${nginx_image}/" \
+		"${pod_config_dir}/${deployment}.yaml" > "${yaml_file}"
+	
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
 }
 
 @test "Verify nginx connectivity between pods" {
 
-	# Create test .yaml
-	sed -e "s/\${nginx_version}/${nginx_image}/" \
-		"${pod_config_dir}/${deployment}.yaml" > "${pod_config_dir}/test-${deployment}.yaml"
-
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/test-${deployment}.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${yaml_file}"
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Available --timeout=$timeout deployment/${deployment}
 	kubectl expose deployment/${deployment}
 
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ teardown() {
 	kubectl get service/${deployment} -o yaml
 	kubectl get endpoints/${deployment} -o yaml
 
-	rm -f "${pod_config_dir}/test-${deployment}.yaml"
+	rm -f "${yaml_file}"
 	kubectl delete deployment "$deployment"
 	kubectl delete service "$deployment"
 	kubectl delete pod "$busybox_pod"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-optional-empty-secret.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-optional-empty-secret.bats
index 9586034167..ad98b6c3f3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-optional-empty-secret.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-optional-empty-secret.bats
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
 setup() {
 	get_pod_config_dir
+
+	pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/pod-optional-empty-secret.yaml"
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${pod_yaml}"
 }
 
 @test "Optional and Empty Secret Volume for a pod" {
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ setup() {
 	kubectl create secret generic "$secret_name"
 
 	# Create a pod that consumes the "empty-secret" and "optional-missing-secret" Secrets as volumes
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-optional-empty-secret.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${pod_yaml}"
 
 	# Check pod creation
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-quota.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-quota.bats
index f74d8a595c..2d7f26ee3b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-quota.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-pod-quota.bats
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ setup() {
 	[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "fc" ] && skip "test not working see: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/7873"
 
 	get_pod_config_dir
+
+	deployment_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/pod-quota-deployment.yaml"
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${deployment_yaml}"
 }
 
 @test "Pod quota" {
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ setup() {
 		--output=yaml | grep 'pods: "2"'
 
 	# Create deployment
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-quota-deployment.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${deployment_yaml}"
 
 	# View deployment
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Available --timeout=$timeout \
@@ -39,6 +42,6 @@ teardown() {
 	kubectl describe deployment ${deployment_name}
 
 	# Clean-up
-	kubectl delete -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-quota-deployment.yaml"
+	kubectl delete -f "${deployment_yaml}"
 	kubectl delete -f "${pod_config_dir}/resource-quota.yaml"
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-set-keys.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-set-keys.bats
index f1727a8da7..d1de0018f7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-set-keys.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-policy-set-keys.bats
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../../common.bash"
 load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
 setup() {
+	policy_tests_enabled || skip "Policy tests are disabled."
+
 	get_pod_config_dir
 	pod_name="set-keys-test"
 	pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/k8s-policy-set-keys.yaml"
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ setup() {
 }
 
 teardown() {
+	policy_tests_enabled || skip "Policy tests are disabled."
+
 	# Debugging information
 	kubectl describe "pod/$pod_name"
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-projected-volume.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-projected-volume.bats
index 87160eeb50..5d9f336a79 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-projected-volume.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-projected-volume.bats
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ setup() {
 	[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "fc" ] && skip "test not working see: ${fc_limitations}"
 
 	get_pod_config_dir
+
+	pod_yaml="${pod_config_dir}/pod-projected-volume.yaml"
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${pod_yaml}"
 }
 
 @test "Projected volume" {
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ setup() {
 	kubectl create secret generic pass --from-file=$SECOND_TMP_FILE
 
 	# Create pod
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-projected-volume.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${pod_yaml}"
 
 	# Check pod creation
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.bats
index 0b0d7678e7..8f18c0adee 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.bats
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@ setup() {
 	get_pod_config_dir
 	pods=( "vcpus-less-than-one-with-no-limits" "vcpus-less-than-one-with-limits" "vcpus-more-than-one-with-limits" )
 	expected_vcpus=( 1 1 2 )
+
+	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/pod-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.yaml"
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
 }
 
 @test "Check the number vcpus are correctly allocated to the sandbox" {
 	# Create the pods
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Wait for completion
 	kubectl wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Succeeded --timeout=$timeout pod --all
@@ -38,5 +41,5 @@ teardown() {
 		kubectl logs ${pod}
 	done
 
-	kubectl delete -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-sandbox-vcpus-allocation.yaml"
+	kubectl delete -f "${yaml_file}"
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-seccomp.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-seccomp.bats
index c6a840cb3c..20d219dbdc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-seccomp.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-seccomp.bats
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 setup() {
 	pod_name="seccomp-container"
 	get_pod_config_dir
+
+	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/pod-seccomp.yaml"
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
 }
 
 @test "Support seccomp runtime/default profile" {
 	expected_seccomp_mode="2"
 	# Create pod
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-seccomp.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Wait it to complete
 	cmd="kubectl get pods ${pod_name} | grep Completed"
@@ -31,5 +34,5 @@ teardown() {
 	echo "seccomp mode is ${seccomp_mode}, expected $expected_seccomp_mode"
 	kubectl describe "pod/${pod_name}"
 
-	kubectl delete -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-seccomp.yaml" || true
+	kubectl delete -f "${yaml_file}" || true
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-security-context.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-security-context.bats
index a8f9d7ba9e..9bbf53be41 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-security-context.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-security-context.bats
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 
 setup() {
 	get_pod_config_dir
+
+	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/pod-security-context.yaml"
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
 }
 
 @test "Security context" {
 	pod_name="security-context-test"
 
 	# Create pod
-	kubectl create -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-security-context.yaml"
+	kubectl create -f "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Check pod creation
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod "$pod_name"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sysctls.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sysctls.bats
index aca6c50d1a..cea2b9fb47 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sysctls.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-sysctls.bats
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ load "${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/tests_common.sh"
 setup() {
 	pod_name="sysctl-test"
 	get_pod_config_dir
+
+	yaml_file="${pod_config_dir}/pod-sysctl.yaml"
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${yaml_file}"
 }
 
 @test "Setting sysctl" {
 	# Create pod
-	kubectl apply -f "${pod_config_dir}/pod-sysctl.yaml"
+	kubectl apply -f "${yaml_file}"
 
 	# Check pod creation
 	kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=$timeout pod $pod_name
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-volume.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-volume.bats
index 7bb69f95d1..4178f8b1e1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-volume.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-volume.bats
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ setup() {
 	sed -e "s|tmp_data|${tmp_file}|g" ${pod_config_dir}/pv-volume.yaml > "$pv_yaml"
 	sed -e "s|NODE|${node}|g" "${pod_config_dir}/pv-pod.yaml" > "$pod_yaml"
 
+	add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml "${pod_yaml}"
 }
 
 @test "Create Persistent Volume" {
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index 864ebd100b..528e364f11 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ KATA_HYPERVISOR="${KATA_HYPERVISOR:-qemu}"
 K8S_TEST_DEBUG="${K8S_TEST_DEBUG:-false}"
 K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE="${K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE:-small}"
 
-ALLOW_ALL_POLICY="${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY:-$(base64 -w 0 runtimeclass_workloads_work/allow-all.rego)}"
-
 if [ -n "${K8S_TEST_UNION:-}" ]; then
 	K8S_TEST_UNION=($K8S_TEST_UNION)
 else
@@ -38,6 +36,7 @@ else
 		"k8s-empty-dirs.bats" \
 		"k8s-env.bats" \
 		"k8s-exec.bats" \
+		"k8s-exec-rejected.bats" \
 		"k8s-file-volume.bats" \
 		"k8s-inotify.bats" \
 		"k8s-job.bats" \
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ else
 		"k8s-optional-empty-secret.bats" \
 		"k8s-pid-ns.bats" \
 		"k8s-pod-quota.bats" \
+		"k8s-policy-set-keys.bats" \
 		"k8s-port-forward.bats" \
 		"k8s-projected-volume.bats" \
 		"k8s-qos-pods.bats" \
@@ -89,77 +89,6 @@ else
 	esac
 fi
 
-policy_tests_enabled() {
-	# The Guest images for these platforms have been built using AGENT_POLICY=yes -
-	# see kata-deploy-binaries.sh.
-	[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "qemu-sev" ] || [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "qemu-snp" ] || \
-		[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "qemu-tdx" ] || [ "${KATA_HOST_OS}" == "cbl-mariner" ]
-}
-
-add_policy_to_yaml() {
-	local yaml_file="$1"
-	local resource_kind="$(yq read ${yaml_file} kind)"
-
-	case "${resource_kind}" in
-
-	Pod)
-		echo "Adding policy to ${resource_kind} from ${yaml_file}"
-		ALLOW_ALL_POLICY="${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY}" yq write -i "${K8S_TEST_YAML}" \
-			'metadata.annotations."io.katacontainers.config.agent.policy"' \
-			"${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY}"
-		;;
-
-	Deployment|Job|ReplicationController)
-		echo "Adding policy to ${resource_kind} from ${yaml_file}"
-		ALLOW_ALL_POLICY="${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY}" yq write -i "${K8S_TEST_YAML}" \
-			'spec.template.metadata.annotations."io.katacontainers.config.agent.policy"' \
-			"${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY}"
-		;;
-
-	List)
-		echo "Issue #7765: adding policy to ${resource_kind} from ${yaml_file} is not implemented yet"
-		;;
-
-	ConfigMap|LimitRange|Namespace|PersistentVolume|PersistentVolumeClaim|RuntimeClass|Secret|Service)
-		echo "Policy is not required for ${resource_kind} from ${yaml_file}"
-		;;
-
-	*)
-		echo "k8s resource type ${resource_kind} from ${yaml_file} is not yet supported for policy testing"
-		return 1
-		;;
-
-	esac
-}
-
-add_policy_to_successful_tests() {
-	info "Add policy to test YAML files"
-	for K8S_TEST_YAML in runtimeclass_workloads_work/*.yaml
-	do
-		add_policy_to_yaml "${K8S_TEST_YAML}"
-	done
-}
-
-test_successful_actions() {
-	info "Test actions that must be successful"
-	for K8S_TEST_ENTRY in ${K8S_TEST_UNION[@]}
-	do
-		info "$(kubectl get pods --all-namespaces 2>&1)"
-		info "Executing ${K8S_TEST_ENTRY}"
-		bats --show-output-of-passing-tests "${K8S_TEST_ENTRY}"
-	done
-}
-
-run_policy_specific_tests() {
-	info "$(kubectl get pods --all-namespaces 2>&1)"
-	info "Executing k8s-exec-rejected.bats"
-	bats --show-output-of-passing-tests k8s-exec-rejected.bats
-
-	info "$(kubectl get pods --all-namespaces 2>&1)"
-	info "Executing k8s-policy-set-keys.bats"
-	bats --show-output-of-passing-tests k8s-policy-set-keys.bats
-}
-
 # we may need to skip a few test cases when running on non-x86_64 arch
 arch_config_file="${kubernetes_dir}/filter_out_per_arch/${TARGET_ARCH}.yaml"
 if [ -f "${arch_config_file}" ]; then
@@ -167,12 +96,11 @@ if [ -f "${arch_config_file}" ]; then
 	mapfile -d " " -t K8S_TEST_UNION <<< "${arch_k8s_test_union}"
 fi
 
-if policy_tests_enabled; then
-	ensure_yq
-	run_policy_specific_tests
-	add_policy_to_successful_tests
-else
-	info "Policy tests are disabled on this platform"
-fi
+ensure_yq
 
-test_successful_actions
+for K8S_TEST_ENTRY in ${K8S_TEST_UNION[@]}
+do
+	info "$(kubectl get pods --all-namespaces 2>&1)"
+	info "Executing ${K8S_TEST_ENTRY}"
+	bats --show-output-of-passing-tests "${K8S_TEST_ENTRY}"
+done
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
index 13ee2392c9..31c09ceabc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ dragonball_limitations="https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issue
 # overwrite it.
 export KUBECONFIG="${KUBECONFIG:-$HOME/.kube/config}"
 
+# ALLOW_ALL_POLICY is a Rego policy that allows all the Agent ttrpc requests.
+K8S_TEST_DIR="${kubernetes_dir:-"${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}"}"
+ALLOW_ALL_POLICY="${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY:-$(base64 -w 0 "${K8S_TEST_DIR}/../../../src/kata-opa/allow-all.rego")}"
+
 # Common setup for tests.
 #
 # Global variables exported:
@@ -252,3 +256,47 @@ set_namespace_to_policy_settings() {
 		"${settings_dir}/new-genpolicy-settings.json"
 	mv "${settings_dir}/new-genpolicy-settings.json" "${settings_dir}/genpolicy-settings.json"
 }
+
+policy_tests_enabled() {
+	# The Guest images for these platforms have been built using AGENT_POLICY=yes -
+	# see kata-deploy-binaries.sh.
+	[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "qemu-sev" ] || [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "qemu-snp" ] || \
+		[ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" == "qemu-tdx" ] || [ "${KATA_HOST_OS}" == "cbl-mariner" ]
+}
+
+add_allow_all_policy_to_yaml() {
+	policy_tests_enabled || return 0
+
+	local yaml_file="$1"
+	local resource_kind="$(yq read ${yaml_file} kind)"
+
+	case "${resource_kind}" in
+
+	Pod)
+		info "Adding allow all policy to ${resource_kind} from ${yaml_file}"
+		ALLOW_ALL_POLICY="${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY}" yq write -i "${yaml_file}" \
+			'metadata.annotations."io.katacontainers.config.agent.policy"' \
+			"${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY}"
+		;;
+
+	Deployment|Job|ReplicationController)
+		info "Adding allow all policy to ${resource_kind} from ${yaml_file}"
+		ALLOW_ALL_POLICY="${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY}" yq write -i "${yaml_file}" \
+			'spec.template.metadata.annotations."io.katacontainers.config.agent.policy"' \
+			"${ALLOW_ALL_POLICY}"
+		;;
+
+	List)
+		die "Issue #7765: adding allow all policy to ${resource_kind} from ${yaml_file} is not implemented yet"
+		;;
+
+	ConfigMap|LimitRange|Namespace|PersistentVolume|PersistentVolumeClaim|RuntimeClass|Secret|Service)
+		die "Policy is not required for ${resource_kind} from ${yaml_file}"
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		die "k8s resource type ${resource_kind} from ${yaml_file} is not yet supported for policy testing"
+		;;
+
+	esac
+}