diff --git a/files/add-almalinux9-support.sh b/files/add-almalinux9-support.sh
index 3b91605..7d3fb6e 100644
--- a/files/add-almalinux9-support.sh
+++ b/files/add-almalinux9-support.sh
@@ -84,18 +84,10 @@ if [ -d products/almalinux9/overlays ]; then
         products/almalinux9/overlays/*
 fi
 
-if [ -d products/almalinux9/controls ]; then
-    for ctl in $(find products/almalinux9/controls/ -type f -name '*rhel9*'); do
-        mv "$ctl" "$(echo "$ctl" | sed 's/rhel9/almalinux9/g')"
-    done
-    find products/almalinux9/controls -type f -exec sed -i \
-        -e 's/Red Hat Enterprise Linux/AlmaLinux OS/g' \
-        -e 's/RHEL9/ALMALINUX9/g' \
-        -e 's/RHEL-9/ALMALINUX-9/g' \
-        -e '/^id:/s/rhel9/almalinux9/g' \
-        -e '/^product:/s/rhel9/almalinux9/g' \
-        -e 's/ensure_redhat_gpgkey_installed/ensure_almalinux_gpgkey_installed/g' {} \;
-fi
+# Upstream CaC ships a maintained controls/cis_almalinux9.yml at the top level.
+# The product-level copy (mechanically renamed from rhel9) would override it and
+# lose AlmaLinux-specific adjustments, so remove it.
+rm -fr products/almalinux9/controls
 
 sed -i \
     -e 's/rhel9/almalinux9/' \