diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/make.conf.amd64-host b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/make.conf.amd64-host
index d6f9bf5c62..2bddb88aa6 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/make.conf.amd64-host
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/make.conf.amd64-host
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ FEATURES="allow-missing-manifests buildpkg clean-logs -collision-protect
 # Since our portage comes from version control, we redirect distfiles
 DISTDIR="/var/lib/portage/distfiles"
 
+# Don't fool around with python3, might get bit
+USE_PYTHON="2.6"
+
+
 PORTDIR="/usr/portage/"
 
 # We initialize PORTDIR_OVERLAY here to clobber any redefinitions elsewhere.