diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-any-r1.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-any-r1.eclass
index 0c01a49f90..adc7b1bfec 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-any-r1.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-any-r1.eclass
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ inherit python-utils-r1
 # @CODE
 
 _python_any_set_globals() {
-	local usestr deps i PYTHON_PKG_DEP
-	[[ ${PYTHON_REQ_USE} ]] && usestr="[${PYTHON_REQ_USE}]"
+	local deps i PYTHON_PKG_DEP
 
 	_python_set_impls
 
@@ -259,7 +258,7 @@ python_gen_any_dep() {
 		local i_depstr=${depstr//\$\{PYTHON_USEDEP\}/${PYTHON_USEDEP}}
 		i_depstr=${i_depstr//\$\{PYTHON_SINGLE_USEDEP\}/${PYTHON_SINGLE_USEDEP}}
 		# note: need to strip '=' slot operator for || deps
-		out="( ${PYTHON_PKG_DEP%:=} ${i_depstr} ) ${out}"
+		out="( ${PYTHON_PKG_DEP/:=} ${i_depstr} ) ${out}"
 	done
 	echo "|| ( ${out})"
 }