diff --git a/changelog/changes/2023-10-17-update-engine-torcx-removal.md b/changelog/changes/2023-10-17-update-engine-torcx-removal.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e04769cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/changes/2023-10-17-update-engine-torcx-removal.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- update_engine: remove torcx sanity checks because the OS image removed torcx ([update_engine#30](https://github.com/flatcar/update_engine/pull/30))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-0.4.10-r15.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-0.4.10-r16.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-0.4.10-r15.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-0.4.10-r16.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
index 787d9842ea..02528db146 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CROS_WORKON_REPO="https://github.com"
 if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]]; then
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
 else
-	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="11309004b8451bf232539bdd3c7b0f5e4f69f5cb" # flatcar-master
+	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="e4b55716dc08be6211026730f0bbf94e6ce44d51" # flatcar-master
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
 fi