diff --git a/changelog/bugfixes/2025-04-17-cpu-microcode.md b/changelog/bugfixes/2025-04-17-cpu-microcode.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14b8478597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/bugfixes/2025-04-17-cpu-microcode.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed the inclusion of Intel and AMD CPU microcode in the initrd. This was accidentally dropped some time ago.
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
index 9e82a092a9..7f8bcc05c7 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ sys-libs/libsemanage -python
 sys-fs/zfs minimal -rootfs
 
 # Do not tinker with /boot partition at installation time.
-sys-firmware/intel-microcode -initramfs
 sys-fs/zfs-kmod -initramfs
 
 # For sys-auth/sssd