diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7c47cf85566..b1541661fe6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/logrotate.conf</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/postinit</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/modprobe.d/aesni_intel</exclude>
-              <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/sysctl.conf</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/dnsmasq.conf</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/rc.local</exclude>
               <exclude>patches/systemvm/debian/config/root/redundant_router/heartbeat.sh.templ</exclude>