diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
index 44fb7c9588..742eca0fb2 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
@@ -47,3 +47,6 @@ app-emulation/open-vm-tools -fuse fuse3 -icu pam -resolutionkms
 
 # no suid binaries, please
 sys-fs/fuse -suid
+
+# skip dependency for this sysext package
+net-misc/chrony -readline