@jmhorner @i_lost_my_bagel

Luckily there's a solution:
me_cleaner: github.com/corna/me_cleaner

It'll remove all AMT code permanently, shrinking your ME firmware to under 100kB (just what's necessary to disable a watchdog timer).

Btw, there's also coreboot available for that elitebook, in case you want to get rid of the HP BIOS entirely :)