diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-base/coreos-base-0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-base/coreos-base-0.ebuild
index d41a7d1a16..8fc520b3f3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-base/coreos-base-0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-base/coreos-base-0.ebuild
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ pkg_setup() {
 }
 
 src_install() {
-	dosym /usr/lib/systemd/systemd /sbin/init || die
-
 	insinto /etc
 	#doins "${FILESDIR}"/sysctl.conf || die
 
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild
index e94b161f73..d1edf882e6 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	sys-apps/sed
 	sys-apps/shadow
 	sys-apps/systemd
+	sys-apps/systemd-sysv-utils
 	sys-apps/util-linux
 	sys-auth/pam_pwdfile
 	sys-fs/e2fsprogs