diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
index 43c14ced69..a0108b5856 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 # arm64, and fix a segfault concerning vgetrandom.
 =dev-lang/go-1.24.2-r2 ~amd64 ~arm64
 
-# Needed to address CVE-2024-56406.
-=dev-lang/perl-5.40.2 ~amd64 ~arm64
-
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
 =dev-lang/python-3.11.12 ~amd64
 =dev-lang/yasm-1.3.0-r1 ~arm64