diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/default/linux/packages.build b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/default/linux/packages.build
index b017c84c62..f2d85b0b28 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/default/linux/packages.build
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/default/linux/packages.build
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 # This file describes the packages needed to build a stage1 based on this
 # profile.  Packages in this file are built in order.
 
-# While shadow could be in here, it breaks stage 1 and stage 2 building for the
-# releases.  PLEASE DO NOT ENABLE THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE THOROUGHLY TESTED IT!
-
 app-arch/bzip2
 app-arch/gzip
 app-arch/tar
@@ -27,9 +24,10 @@ sys-apps/gawk
 sys-apps/grep
 sys-apps/less
 sys-apps/net-tools
-sys-apps/sed
-sys-apps/texinfo
 sys-apps/portage
+sys-apps/sed
+sys-apps/shadow
+sys-apps/texinfo
 sys-devel/binutils
 sys-devel/bison
 sys-devel/flex