diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r13.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r14.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r13.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r14.ebuild
index 7836f5f25a..4714916039 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r13.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r14.ebuild
@@ -182,10 +182,6 @@ src_configure() {
 
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local myeconfargs=(
-		# disable -flto since it is an optimization flag
-		# and makes distcc less effective
-		cc_cv_CFLAGS__flto=no
-
 		--with-pamconfdir=/usr/share/pam.d
 		--disable-maintainer-mode
 		--localstatedir=/var
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
index 3f3856b8f7..97b6456e38 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
@@ -179,10 +179,6 @@ src_configure() {
 
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local myeconfargs=(
-		# disable -flto since it is an optimization flag
-		# and makes distcc less effective
-		cc_cv_CFLAGS__flto=no
-
 		--with-pamconfdir=/usr/share/pam.d
 		--disable-maintainer-mode
 		--localstatedir=/var