diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/oem-aci/make.defaults b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/oem-aci/make.defaults
index cc8b200305..cc26153410 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/oem-aci/make.defaults
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/oem-aci/make.defaults
@@ -52,8 +52,3 @@ INSTALL_MASK="${INSTALL_MASK}
 INSTALL_MASK="${INSTALL_MASK}
   /boot
 "
-
-# Drop Python 3 modules etc. since Python 2 is the default.
-INSTALL_MASK="${INSTALL_MASK}
-  /usr/*/python3*
-"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/oem-aci/package.provided b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/oem-aci/package.provided
index 141931e406..92c93c6fea 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/oem-aci/package.provided
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/oem-aci/package.provided
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 # Do not install SSSD in the container.
 sys-auth/sssd-1.13.1
-
-# Stick to one version of Python in the ACI.
-dev-lang/python-3.9