diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
index 5ee4332e10..f29754a3a5 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
@@ -115,10 +115,6 @@ sys-apps/zram-generator ~amd64 ~arm64
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
 =sys-libs/libnvme-1.9 ~arm64
 
-# A dependency of app-shells/bash version that we need for security
-# fixes.
-=sys-libs/readline-8.2_p10 ~amd64 ~arm64
-
 # Needed to fix CVE-2023-4016.
 =sys-process/procps-4.0.4 ~amd64