From b2c7d67e265f80c6bb8cd437e412eb3dbb7efbbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Katyl <bxk@google.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 20:12:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Removing logic that checks activation regkey before running
 ato command (#255)

---
 packaging/googet/google-compute-engine-sysprep.goospec | 1 +
 sysprep/activate_instance.ps1                          | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packaging/googet/google-compute-engine-sysprep.goospec b/packaging/googet/google-compute-engine-sysprep.goospec
index 4ee7c328..d48b7470 100644
--- a/packaging/googet/google-compute-engine-sysprep.goospec
+++ b/packaging/googet/google-compute-engine-sysprep.goospec
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "path": "sysprep/sysprep_uninstall.ps1"
   },
   "releaseNotes": [
+    "3.21.0 - Updating activate_instance.ps1.",
     "3.20.0 - Remove MTLS MDS certificates from certificate store and disk during sysprep.",
     "3.19.0 - Migrating MTU & Firewall rule modifications to use PowerShell cmdlets instead of netsh for Win10/2016 and above.",
     "3.18.0 - Updated activate_instance.ps1 to skip setting KMS and activation, if any known GCE Windows BYOL license is attached.",
diff --git a/sysprep/activate_instance.ps1 b/sysprep/activate_instance.ps1
index 4e3cbc6f..cfff2c57 100644
--- a/sysprep/activate_instance.ps1
+++ b/sysprep/activate_instance.ps1
@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ function Activate-Instance {
   [string]$license_key = $null
   [int]$retry_count = 3 # Try activation three times.
 
-  Write-Output 'Checking instance license activation status.'
-  if (Verify-ActivationStatus) {
-    Write-Output "$script:hostname is already licensed and activated."
-    return
-  }
-
   Write-Output "$script:hostname needs to be activated by a KMS Server."
   $license_key = Get-ProductKmsClientKey
   if (-not $license_key) {