diff --git a/fedora-coreos-config b/fedora-coreos-config
index 9fae403ff..ed7f4f22c 160000
--- a/fedora-coreos-config
+++ b/fedora-coreos-config
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9fae403ff93a090ef4f7436eda8a0d5387b9c862
+Subproject commit ed7f4f22c6db1fbcabad678267a747cc70cbc53a
diff --git a/overlay.d/07el9/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/36-iscsid-disabled.preset b/overlay.d/07el9/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/36-iscsid-disabled.preset
index ccdaa8db3..6d7f03d28 100644
--- a/overlay.d/07el9/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/36-iscsid-disabled.preset
+++ b/overlay.d/07el9/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/36-iscsid-disabled.preset
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-disable iscsid.socket
+# force disable until the following patches are in c9s/el9:
+# https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/iscsi-initiator-utils/c/1e689cd0c6667eca838c85975a1b7a070209e5ad
+# https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fedora-release/pull-request/246
+# then it'll be off by default and we won't need this
+disable iscsi.service