diff --git a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Infrastructure/Internal/SqlServerSingletonOptions.cs b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Infrastructure/Internal/SqlServerSingletonOptions.cs
index 90b43fe769b..98c5f8727ee 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Infrastructure/Internal/SqlServerSingletonOptions.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Infrastructure/Internal/SqlServerSingletonOptions.cs
@@ -70,11 +70,7 @@ public virtual bool SupportsJsonType
         => EngineType switch
         {
             SqlServerEngineType.SqlServer => SqlServerCompatibilityLevel >= 170,
-            // TODO: #36460
-            // At the time of writing, Azure SQL Database does not yet support OPENJSON over the JSON data type.
-            // This should get reenabled by the time we GA.
-            SqlServerEngineType.AzureSql => false,
-            // SqlServerEngineType.AzureSql => AzureSqlCompatibilityLevel >= 170,
+            SqlServerEngineType.AzureSql => AzureSqlCompatibilityLevel >= 170,
             SqlServerEngineType.AzureSynapse => false,
             SqlServerEngineType.Unknown => false, // TODO: We shouldn't observe Unknown here, #36477
             _ => throw new UnreachableException()
diff --git a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Query/Internal/SqlServerQuerySqlGenerator.cs b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Query/Internal/SqlServerQuerySqlGenerator.cs
index 838d0cd19b7..d4790b81704 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Query/Internal/SqlServerQuerySqlGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.SqlServer/Query/Internal/SqlServerQuerySqlGenerator.cs
@@ -606,10 +606,7 @@ protected override Expression VisitJsonScalar(JsonScalarExpression jsonScalarExp
         // 3. Can do JSON-specific decoding (e.g. base64 for varbinary)
         // Note that RETURNING is only (currently) supported over the json type (not nvarchar(max)).
         // Note that we don't need to check the compatibility level - if the json type is being used, then RETURNING is supported.
-        var useJsonValueReturningClause = !jsonQuery
-            && jsonScalarExpression.Json.TypeMapping?.StoreType is "json"
-            // Temporarily disabling for Azure SQL, which doesn't yet support RETURNING; this should get removed for 10 (see #36460).
-            && _sqlServerSingletonOptions.EngineType is not SqlServerEngineType.AzureSql;
+        var useJsonValueReturningClause = !jsonQuery && jsonScalarExpression.Json.TypeMapping?.StoreType is "json";
 
         // For JSON_VALUE(), if we can use the RETURNING clause, always do that.
         // Otherwise, JSON_VALUE always returns nvarchar(4000) (https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/t-sql/functions/json-value-transact-sql),
diff --git a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.Tests/Storage/SqlServerTypeMappingSourceTest.cs b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.Tests/Storage/SqlServerTypeMappingSourceTest.cs
index 1859ff057cd..6a19f0a3b8c 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.Tests/Storage/SqlServerTypeMappingSourceTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.Tests/Storage/SqlServerTypeMappingSourceTest.cs
@@ -1588,13 +1588,8 @@ public void Json_is_mapped_to_json_type_with_UseAzureSql_by_default()
     {
         var typeMappingSource = CreateTypeMappingSource(o => o.UseAzureSql());
 
-        // TODO: #36460
-        // At the time of writing, Azure SQL Database does not yet support OPENJSON over the JSON data type.
-        // This should get reenabled by the time we GA.
-        Assert.Equal("nvarchar(max)", typeMappingSource.GetMapping(typeof(JsonTypePlaceholder)).StoreType);
-        Assert.Equal("nvarchar(max)", typeMappingSource.GetMapping(typeof(int[])).StoreType);
-        // Assert.Equal("json", typeMappingSource.GetMapping(typeof(JsonTypePlaceholder)).StoreType);
-        // Assert.Equal("json", typeMappingSource.GetMapping(typeof(int[])).StoreType);
+        Assert.Equal("json", typeMappingSource.GetMapping(typeof(JsonTypePlaceholder)).StoreType);
+        Assert.Equal("json", typeMappingSource.GetMapping(typeof(int[])).StoreType);
     }
 
     [ConditionalFact]