diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a3acdb564b3..1e4dfcc07fe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ build: clean check test
 		-e s"@%%MD5SUM@$${md5sums}@" > dist/PKGBUILD
 	# provide rpm rpmlintrc
 	cp package/python-kiwi-rpmlintrc dist
-	# provide patches
-	cp package/*.patch dist
 	# provide additional source files
 	cp package/systemd-tmpfiles-for-suse.conf dist
 
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-custom-partitions/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-custom-partitions/appliance.kiwi
index 5fa825db495..870813375b9 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-custom-partitions/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-custom-partitions/appliance.kiwi
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                 <oem-swapsize>512</oem-swapsize>
                 <oem-device-filter>/dev/ram</oem-device-filter>
             </oemconfig>
-            <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
         </type>
     </preferences>
     <users>
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-ramdisk/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-ramdisk/appliance.kiwi
index d85146e0182..0622bd14bf9 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-ramdisk/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-ramdisk/appliance.kiwi
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
         <type image="oem" filesystem="ext4" firmware="uefi" installiso="true" installboot="install" kernelcmdline="rd.kiwi.ramdisk ramdisk_size=2192000 console=ttyS0">
             <size unit="G">2</size>
-            <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-skip-verify>true</oem-skip-verify>
                 <oem-unattended>true</oem-unattended>
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-selinux/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-selinux/appliance.kiwi
index f8f9b9d5e58..bf1e52a98d9 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-selinux/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-selinux/appliance.kiwi
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-resize>false</oem-resize>
             </oemconfig>
-            <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
         </type>
     </preferences>
     <users>
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-simple/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-simple/appliance.kiwi
index 89c7d85cfa4..7c4f53d2cb6 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-simple/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk-simple/appliance.kiwi
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-resize>false</oem-resize>
             </oemconfig>
-            <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
         </type>
     </preferences>
     <users>
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk/appliance.kiwi
index 2f58bcf2aef..3e9f6020cb9 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-disk/appliance.kiwi
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
         <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
         <type image="oem" filesystem="btrfs" kernelcmdline="console=ttyS0" firmware="efi" installiso="true" bootpartition="false" installboot="install" volid="KATO_INSTALL">
-            <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-unattended>true</oem-unattended>
                 <oem-swapsize>1024</oem-swapsize>
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-embedded/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-embedded/appliance.kiwi
index 531ad772298..ca163749f27 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-embedded/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-embedded/appliance.kiwi
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <preferences profiles="SystemFeatures">
         <!-- simple disk image testing features useful in embedded projects -->
         <type image="oem" filesystem="ext4" firmware="efi" overlayroot="true" bootpartition="true" devicepersistency="by-partuuid" kernelcmdline="console=ttyS0">
-            <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-resize>false</oem-resize>
             </oemconfig>
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-live/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-live/appliance.kiwi
index a4664b41cb0..ddf5a4c48ec 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-live/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-live/appliance.kiwi
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <bootsplash-theme>bgrt</bootsplash-theme>
         <bootloader-theme>openSUSE</bootloader-theme>
         <type image="iso" flags="overlay" firmware="efi" kernelcmdline="console=ttyS0" hybridpersistent_filesystem="ext4" hybridpersistent="true">
-            <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
         </type>
     </preferences>
     <users>
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-luks/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-luks/appliance.kiwi
index 22c03e73ce6..d449d259644 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-luks/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-luks/appliance.kiwi
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-resize>false</oem-resize>
             </oemconfig>
-            <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
         </type>
     </preferences>
     <users>
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-lvm/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-lvm/appliance.kiwi
index ccaef406700..1babb2c5b74 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-lvm/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-lvm/appliance.kiwi
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-resize>false</oem-resize>
             </oemconfig>
-            <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
             <systemdisk>
                 <volume name="home"/>
             </systemdisk>
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-overlayroot/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-overlayroot/appliance.kiwi
index 6658a261376..a8a43ca3c2a 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-overlayroot/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-overlayroot/appliance.kiwi
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-resize>false</oem-resize>
             </oemconfig>
-            <bootloader name="grub2" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" console="serial" timeout="10"/>
             <size unit="G">4</size>
         </type>
     </preferences>
diff --git a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-vagrant/appliance.kiwi b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-vagrant/appliance.kiwi
index 73a36af19d1..e08ddef57a5 100644
--- a/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-vagrant/appliance.kiwi
+++ b/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-vagrant/appliance.kiwi
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-resize>false</oem-resize>
             </oemconfig>
-            <bootloader name="grub2" timeout="0" console="serial"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" timeout="0" console="serial"/>
             <vagrantconfig provider="libvirt" virtualsize="42"/>
             <size unit="G">42</size>
         </type>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             <oemconfig>
                 <oem-resize>false</oem-resize>
             </oemconfig>
-            <bootloader name="grub2" timeout="0" console="serial"/>
+            <bootloader name="grub2" bls="false" timeout="0" console="serial"/>
             <vagrantconfig provider="virtualbox" virtualbox_guest_additions_present="true" virtualsize="42"/>
             <size unit="G">42</size>
         </type>
diff --git a/package/kiwi-revert-bls-default-for-suse.patch b/package/kiwi-revert-bls-default-for-suse.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 842060ffbf8..00000000000
--- a/package/kiwi-revert-bls-default-for-suse.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-restore backward compatibility for grub2 with bls.
-For the time being, SUSE distributions cannot handle KIWI's
-default (True) to use BLS with GRUB2. Until they catch up, the
-kiwi default is set to: False
-
-diff --git a/kiwi/xml_state.py b/kiwi/xml_state.py
-index 7653be284..1e72cca22 100644
---- a/kiwi/xml_state.py
-+++ b/kiwi/xml_state.py
-@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ class XMLState:
-         bootloader = self.get_build_type_bootloader_section()
-         if bootloader and bootloader.get_bls() is not None:
-             return bootloader.get_bls()
--        return True
-+        return False
- 
-     def get_build_type_bootloader_console(self) -> List[str]:
-         """
-diff --git a/test/unit/bootloader/config/grub2_test.py b/test/unit/bootloader/config/grub2_test.py
-index b40362941..a2dd3106d 100644
---- a/test/unit/bootloader/config/grub2_test.py
-+++ b/test/unit/bootloader/config/grub2_test.py
-@@ -629,7 +629,6 @@ class TestBootLoaderConfigGrub2:
-             'GRUB_BACKGROUND': '/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/background.png',
-             'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT': '"some-cmdline"',
-             'GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR': '"Bob"',
--            'GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG': 'true',
-             'GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK': 'y',
-             'GRUB_GFXMODE': '800x600',
-             'GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND': '"serial --speed=38400"',
-@@ -677,7 +676,6 @@ class TestBootLoaderConfigGrub2:
-             'GRUB_BACKGROUND': '/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/background.png',
-             'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT': '"some-cmdline"',
-             'GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR': '"Bob"',
--            'GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG': 'true',
-             'GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK': 'y',
-             'GRUB_GFXMODE': '800x600',
-             'GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND': '"serial --speed=38400"',
-@@ -720,7 +718,6 @@ class TestBootLoaderConfigGrub2:
-             call('GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX', '"root=LABEL=some-label"'),
-             call('GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID', 'true'),
-             call('GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR', '"Bob"'),
--            call('GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG', 'true'),
-             call('GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK', 'y'),
-             call('GRUB_ENABLE_LINUX_LABEL', 'true'),
-             call('GRUB_GFXMODE', '800x600'),
-@@ -765,7 +762,6 @@ class TestBootLoaderConfigGrub2:
-             call('GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_PARTUUID', 'false'),
-             call('GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID', 'true'),
-             call('GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR', '"Bob"'),
--            call('GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG', 'true'),
-             call('GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK', 'y'),
-             call('GRUB_GFXMODE', '800x600'),
-             call(
-@@ -809,7 +805,6 @@ class TestBootLoaderConfigGrub2:
-             call('GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT', '"abcd console=tty0"'),
-             call('GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID', 'true'),
-             call('GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR', '"Bob"'),
--            call('GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG', 'true'),
-             call('GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK', 'y'),
-             call('GRUB_ENABLE_LINUX_LABEL', 'true'),
-             call('GRUB_GFXMODE', '800x600'),
diff --git a/package/python-kiwi-spec-template b/package/python-kiwi-spec-template
index 528ac50f6b5..4bb49988b4b 100644
--- a/package/python-kiwi-spec-template
+++ b/package/python-kiwi-spec-template
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ Source0:        %{name}.tar.gz
 Source1:        %{name}-rpmlintrc
 # SUSE-specific source additions (1001+)
 Source1001:     systemd-tmpfiles-for-suse.conf
-# SUSE-specific patches (1001+)
-## PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE kiwi-revert-bls-default-for-suse.patch -- temporary until opensuse has bls
-Patch1001:      kiwi-revert-bls-default-for-suse.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -697,11 +694,6 @@ of subcommands, parameters and keywords for the kiwi-ng command.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n kiwi-%{version}
 
-%if 0%{?suse_version}
-# Temporarily revert grub-bls default to false for SUSE distributions
-%patch -P 1001 -p1
-%endif
-
 # Temporarily switch things back to docopt for everything but Fedora 41+
 # FIXME: Drop this hack as soon as we can...
 %if ! (0%{?fedora} >= 41 || 0%{?rhel} >= 10)