diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/files/rkt-1.29.0-allow-multiple-hosts-entry-host.patch b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/files/rkt-1.29.0-allow-multiple-hosts-entry-host.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 40470d94ee..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/files/rkt-1.29.0-allow-multiple-hosts-entry-host.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-From ce936a91678b77a2b91440e0198c895519ca8b24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Luca Bruno <luca.bruno@coreos.com>
-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 08:49:09 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] stage0/run: relax '--hosts-entry' parser
-
-This tweaks the '--hosts-entry' CLI flag parser to accept multiple
-time the special value "host" when there are no other conflicting
-settings.
----
- rkt/run.go                  | 14 +++++++-------
- tests/rkt_etc_hosts_test.go |  5 +++++
- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/rkt/run.go b/rkt/run.go
-index b852e13a6..ab4121475 100644
---- a/rkt/run.go
-+++ b/rkt/run.go
-@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package main
- 
- import (
- 	"bufio"
-+	"errors"
- 	"fmt"
- 	"net"
- 	"os"
-@@ -643,13 +644,8 @@ func parseDNSFlags(flagHostsEntries, flagDNS, flagDNSSearch, flagDNSOpt []string
- 	// Parse out --hosts-entries, also looking for the magic value "host"
- 	for _, entry := range flagHostsEntries {
- 		if entry == "host" {
--			if len(flagHostsEntries) == 1 {
--				DNSConfMode.Hosts = "host"
--			} else {
--				return DNSConfMode, DNSConfig, &HostsEntries,
--					fmt.Errorf("cannot pass --hosts-entry=host with multiple hosts-entries")
--			}
--			break
-+			DNSConfMode.Hosts = "host"
-+			continue
- 		}
- 		for _, entry := range strings.Split(entry, ",") {
- 			vals := strings.SplitN(entry, "=", 2)
-@@ -677,6 +673,10 @@ func parseDNSFlags(flagHostsEntries, flagDNS, flagDNSSearch, flagDNSOpt []string
- 	}
- 
- 	if len(HostsEntries) > 0 {
-+		if DNSConfMode.Hosts == "host" {
-+			return DNSConfMode, DNSConfig, &HostsEntries,
-+				errors.New("cannot pass --hosts-entry=host with multiple hosts-entries")
-+		}
- 		DNSConfMode.Hosts = "stage0"
- 	}
- 
-diff --git a/tests/rkt_etc_hosts_test.go b/tests/rkt_etc_hosts_test.go
-index 374916834..b3967cf6e 100644
---- a/tests/rkt_etc_hosts_test.go
-+++ b/tests/rkt_etc_hosts_test.go
-@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ func TestEtcHosts(t *testing.T) {
- 			"--exec=/inspect -- -file-name=/etc/hosts -hash-file",
- 			sum,
- 		},
-+		{ // Test that multiple '--hosts-entry=host' entries are fine
-+			"--hosts-entry=host --hosts-entry=host",
-+			"--exec=/inspect -- -file-name=/etc/hosts -hash-file",
-+			sum,
-+		},
- 		{ // test that we create our own
- 			"--hosts-entry=128.66.0.99=host1",
- 			"--exec=/inspect -- -file-name=/etc/hosts -read-file",
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.29.0-r2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.30.0.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.29.0-r2.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.30.0.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
index e1424a8765..b2400d9c25 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [[ "${PV}" == "9999" ]]; then
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
 else
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
-	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="6de500a70706403c8c611d80491aea64019141b0" # v1.29.0
+	CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="e04dd994baa1051f1205578d12d69eec83dbb905" # v1.30.0
 fi
 
 PXE_VERSION="1478.0.0"
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 		die "CoreOS versions in ebuild and rkt build scripts are mismatched, expecting ${rkt_coreos_version}!"
 	fi
 
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.29.0-allow-multiple-hosts-entry-host.patch"
-
 	autotools-utils_src_prepare
 }