diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-editors/vim/vim-8.2.0360.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-editors/vim/vim-8.2.0360-r1.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-editors/vim/vim-8.2.0360.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-editors/vim/vim-8.2.0360-r1.ebuild
index 0138f2a387..ab80c36b35 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-editors/vim/vim-8.2.0360.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-editors/vim/vim-8.2.0360-r1.ebuild
@@ -276,7 +276,10 @@ src_install() {
 	# Note: Do not install symlinks for 'vi', 'ex', or 'view', as these are
 	#       managed by eselect-vi
 	dobin src/vim
-	dosym vim /usr/bin/vimdiff
+	# Flatcar: disable vimdiff symlink if minimal
+	if ! use minimal ; then
+		dosym vim /usr/bin/vimdiff
+	fi
 	dosym vim /usr/bin/rvim
 	dosym vim /usr/bin/rview
 	if use vim-pager ; then