diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.provided b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.provided
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+# Skip MTA dependencies.
+virtual/mta-1