diff --git a/.github/codeql/mutants/UncontainedMetadataDelete.patch b/.github/codeql/mutants/UncontainedMetadataDelete.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87ea3de62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/codeql/mutants/UncontainedMetadataDelete.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/pip_install/base.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/pip_install/base.py
+index 2fd3ac26..5347c551 100644
+--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/pip_install/base.py
++++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/pip_install/base.py
+@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class PipInstall(ABC):
+                 linked: Final = entry.is_symlink()
+                 # Unlinking the final link leaves its target intact; parent links still affect containment.
+                 resolved: Final = entry.parent.resolve() / entry.name if linked else entry.resolve()
+-                if root not in resolved.parents or resolved in metadata_parents:
++                if resolved in metadata_parents:
+                     LOGGER.warning(
+                         "skip removal of %s listed by %s: not inside environment %s or a parent of the metadata",
+                         entry,