diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
index 5c63349b15..54a686d08d 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ dev-libs/dbus-glib	tools
 dev-libs/elfutils	-utils
 dev-libs/openssl	pkcs11
 dev-util/perf		-doc -demangle -tui -ncurses -perl -python
-dev-util/perf-next	-doc -demangle -tui -ncurses -perl -python
 net-analyzer/tcpdump	-chroot
 net-misc/dhcp	        -server
 net-misc/iperf		threads