diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
index e2690ee99f..7de235cf76 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
@@ -144,3 +144,6 @@ net-firewall/iptables nftables
 
 # Install `perl` with a minimal set of dependencies
 dev-lang/perl minimal
+
+# Disable cgroup-hybrid as we use the unified mode
+sys-apps/systemd -cgroup-hybrid