diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-0.0.1-r568.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-0.0.1-r569.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-0.0.1-r568.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-0.0.1-r569.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-0.0.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-0.0.1.ebuild
index 44da19bd1e..aeb54e81a2 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-0.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -32,13 +32,8 @@ src_install() {
 	dobin gmerge stateful_update crdev
 
 	# Setup package.provided so that gmerge will know what packages to ignore.
-	# - $ROOT/etc/portage/profile/package.provided contains compiler tools and
-	#   and is setup by setup_board. We know that that file will be present in
-	#   $ROOT because the initial compile of packages takes place in
-	#   /build/$BOARD.
 	# - $CHROMEOS_PROFILE/package.provided contains packages that we don't
 	#   want to install to the device.
 	insinto /usr/local/etc/make.profile/package.provided
-	newins "${SYSROOT}"/etc/portage/profile/package.provided compiler
 	newins "${CHROMEOS_PROFILE}"/package.provided coreos
 }
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-9999.ebuild
index d07503c72a..1ea9d7d09a 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/gmerge/gmerge-9999.ebuild
@@ -31,13 +31,8 @@ src_install() {
 	dobin gmerge stateful_update crdev
 
 	# Setup package.provided so that gmerge will know what packages to ignore.
-	# - $ROOT/etc/portage/profile/package.provided contains compiler tools and
-	#   and is setup by setup_board. We know that that file will be present in
-	#   $ROOT because the initial compile of packages takes place in
-	#   /build/$BOARD.
 	# - $CHROMEOS_PROFILE/package.provided contains packages that we don't
 	#   want to install to the device.
 	insinto /usr/local/etc/make.profile/package.provided
-	newins "${SYSROOT}"/etc/portage/profile/package.provided compiler
 	newins "${CHROMEOS_PROFILE}"/package.provided coreos
 }