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 75d241f27b..e65322b21e 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
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ net-libs/libmicrohttpd -ssl
 # disable kernel config detection and module building
 net-firewall/ipset -modules
 
-dev-lang/spidermonkey minimal
-
 # do not pull in x11-misc/shared-mime-info
 dev-libs/glib -mime