diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/user-patches/sys-devel/gcc/README.md b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/user-patches/sys-devel/gcc/README.md
index a1eeecf70f..07e41ebadd 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/user-patches/sys-devel/gcc/README.md
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/user-patches/sys-devel/gcc/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-The ESYSROOT patch is pending inclusion into Gentoo's gcc patch set. Once
-merged, this will most likely be applied from 14.1 or 14.2 onwards. Check the
-[GitHub pull request](https://github.com/gentoo/gcc-patches/pull/3) for the
-current situation.
+The ESYSROOT patch can be dropped when updating sys-devel/gcc to at
+least 14.2.1_p20240817-r1.