diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
index b5de90b253..395339442f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ FEATURES="nodoc noinfo noman"
 # Exclude even more documentation
 # Remove bash-completion files as we don't install bash-completion.
 # Remove locale LC_MESSAGES files.
+# Remove sqlite3 binary installation provided by dev-db/sqlite as we only need the libs.
 INSTALL_MASK="${INSTALL_MASK}
   /usr/sbin/locale-gen
   /usr/share/bash-completion
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ INSTALL_MASK="${INSTALL_MASK}
   /usr/share/locale
   /usr/share/zsh
   /var/db/Makefile
+  /usr/bin/sqlite3
 "
 
 # Exclude assorted config files that we can do without