diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
index 3c55c96d41..4ad395781d 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
@@ -194,3 +194,6 @@ dev-db/etcd -server
 
 # We only need the non-Python-based tools.
 app-emulation/open-vmdk -python
+
+# Avoid pulling extra perl packages
+dev-perl/File-Slurper minimal