diff --git a/src/agents/tool-policy-match.ts b/src/agents/tool-policy-match.ts
index 01108246b4e..d0b91c817a9 100644
--- a/src/agents/tool-policy-match.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tool-policy-match.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ function makeToolPolicyMatcher(policy: SandboxToolPolicy) {
     if (matchesAnyGlobPattern(normalized, deny)) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (normalized === "apply_patch" && matchesAnyGlobPattern("write", deny)) {
-      return false;
-    }
     if (allow.length === 0) {
       return true;
     }
diff --git a/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts b/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts
index 98b1d756e87..912bad8829b 100644
--- a/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { DEFAULT_GATEWAY_HTTP_TOOL_DENY } from "../security/dangerous-tools.js";
 import { isToolAllowed, resolveSandboxToolPolicyForAgent } from "./sandbox/tool-policy.js";
 import type { SandboxToolPolicy } from "./sandbox/types.js";
+import { isToolAllowedByPolicyName } from "./tool-policy-match.js";
 import { TOOL_POLICY_CONFORMANCE } from "./tool-policy.conformance.js";
 import {
   applyOwnerOnlyToolPolicy,
@@ -264,3 +265,23 @@ describe("resolveSandboxToolPolicyForAgent", () => {
     expect(resolved.deny).toEqual(["image"]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("isToolAllowedByPolicyName — apply_patch / write deny decoupling (#76749)", () => {
+  it("does not deny apply_patch when write is denied", () => {
+    expect(isToolAllowedByPolicyName("apply_patch", { deny: ["write"] })).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("still denies apply_patch when apply_patch is explicitly denied", () => {
+    expect(isToolAllowedByPolicyName("apply_patch", { deny: ["apply_patch"] })).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("still allows apply_patch via write in the allow list", () => {
+    expect(isToolAllowedByPolicyName("apply_patch", { allow: ["write"], deny: [] })).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("denies apply_patch when both write and apply_patch are denied", () => {
+    expect(isToolAllowedByPolicyName("apply_patch", { deny: ["write", "apply_patch"] })).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+  });
+});