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 5c5c37fcbf..2b4a14af3c 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
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ sys-libs/glibc nscd
 dev-libs/cyrus-sasl kerberos -gdbm
 
 # don't build manpages for sssd
-sys-auth/sssd -python samba kerberos gssapi ssh sudo selinux
+sys-auth/sssd -python samba kerberos gssapi ssh selinux
 
 # enable logging command-line options in update_engine
 dev-cpp/glog gflags