diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index 70886e5e912..7cda49fbefb 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ else
     : > man/local.mk
     # Use CFLAGS for best build time since we discard GNU coreutils
     CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -pipe -O0 -s" ./configure -C --quiet --disable-gcc-warnings --disable-nls --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-bold-man-page-references \
-      --enable-single-binary=symlinks --enable-install-program="arch,kill,uptime,hostname" \
+      --enable-single-binary=hardlinks --enable-install-program="arch,kill,uptime,hostname" \
       "$([ "${SELINUX_ENABLED}" = 1 ] && echo --with-selinux || echo --without-selinux)"
     #Add timeout to to protect against hangs
     sed -i 's|^"\$@|'"${SYSTEM_TIMEOUT}"' 600 "\$@|' build-aux/test-driver
diff --git a/util/fetch-gnu.sh b/util/fetch-gnu.sh
index a242b66061d..afd9ebfa88a 100755
--- a/util/fetch-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/fetch-gnu.sh
@@ -1,29 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
-ver="9.9"
+ver="9.10"
 repo=https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils
 curl -L "${repo}/releases/download/v${ver}/coreutils-${ver}.tar.xz" | tar --strip-components=1 -xJf -
 
-# TODO stop backporting tests from master at GNU coreutils > 9.9
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/timeout/timeout.sh > tests/timeout/timeout.sh
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/timeout/timeout-group.sh > tests/timeout/timeout-group.sh
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/mv/hardlink-case.sh > tests/mv/hardlink-case.sh
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/mkdir/writable-under-readonly.sh > tests/mkdir/writable-under-readonly.sh
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/cp/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr.sh > tests/cp/cp-mv-enotsup-xattr.sh #spell-checker:disable-line
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/cp/nfs-removal-race.sh > tests/cp/nfs-removal-race.sh
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/csplit/csplit-io-err.sh > tests/csplit/csplit-io-err.sh
-# Replace tests not compatible with our binaries
-sed -i -e 's/no-mtab-status.sh/no-mtab-status-masked-proc.sh/' -e 's/nproc-quota.sh/nproc-quota-systemd.sh/'  tests/local.mk
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/df/no-mtab-status-masked-proc.sh > tests/df/no-mtab-status-masked-proc.sh
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/nproc/nproc-quota-systemd.sh > tests/nproc/nproc-quota-systemd.sh
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/stty/bad-speed.sh > tests/stty/bad-speed.sh
-# symlink to /bin/false should fail with --help. Freeze commit to avoid regression.
-curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreutils/coreutils/d5164f3d216917005003877faeb1abe7cae5d765/tests/misc/coreutils.sh > tests/misc/coreutils.sh
-# Better support for single binary
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/env/env.sh > tests/env/env.sh
-# Avoid incorrect PASS
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/runcon/runcon-compute.sh > tests/runcon/runcon-compute.sh
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/tac/tac-continue.sh > tests/tac/tac-continue.sh
-curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/tail/inotify-dir-recreate.sh > tests/tail/inotify-dir-recreate.sh
-# Add tac-continue.sh to root tests (it requires root to mount tmpfs)
-# Use sed -i.bak for macOS
-sed -i.bak 's|tests/split/l-chunk-root.sh.*|tests/split/l-chunk-root.sh\t\t\t\\\n  tests/tac/tac-continue.sh\t\t\t\\|' tests/local.mk
+# TODO stop backporting tests from master at GNU coreutils > $ver
+# backport = ()
+# for f in ${backport[@]}
+#  do curl -L ${repo}/raw/refs/heads/master/tests/$f > tests/$f
+# done
diff --git a/util/gnu-patches/series b/util/gnu-patches/series
index 2d9b30b2cc1..f1a24d0f67e 100644
--- a/util/gnu-patches/series
+++ b/util/gnu-patches/series
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ tests_sort_merge.pl.patch
 tests_du_move_dir_while_traversing.patch
 test_mkdir_restorecon.patch
 error_msg_uniq.diff
-tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch
diff --git a/util/gnu-patches/tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch b/util/gnu-patches/tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch
index 205401294a1..c01b718ca78 100644
--- a/util/gnu-patches/tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch
+++ b/util/gnu-patches/tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch
@@ -31,19 +31,3 @@
 -retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 13 || fail=1
 +# Wait for 8 more lines (should total 13)
 +retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 13 || { echo "Failed waiting for 13 total lines"; fail=1; }
-
- kill $sleep && wait || framework_failure_
-
--test "$(countlines_)" = 13 || fail=1
-+final_count=$(countlines_)
-+echo "=== Final line count: $final_count (expected 13) ==="
-+
-+if test "$final_count" != 13; then
-+  echo "=== FAILURE: Expected 13 lines, got $final_count ==="
-+  echo "=== Full output content: ==="
-+  cat -A out
-+  echo "=== End output content ==="
-+  fail=1
-+fi
-
- Exit $fail