diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/50-flannel.network b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/50-flannel.network
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index e5d48d739b..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/50-flannel.network
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[Match]
-Name=flannel*
-
-[Link]
-Unmanaged=yes
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service
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--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service
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-[Unit]
-Description=Network fabric for containers
-Documentation=https://github.com/coreos/flannel
-After=etcd.service etcd2.service
-Before=docker.service
-
-[Service]
-Type=notify
-Restart=always
-RestartSec=5
-Environment="TMPDIR=/var/tmp/"
-Environment="FLANNEL_VER={{flannel_ver}}"
-Environment="FLANNEL_IMG=quay.io/coreos/flannel"
-Environment="ETCD_SSL_DIR=/etc/ssl/etcd"
-EnvironmentFile=-/run/flannel/options.env
-LimitNOFILE=40000
-LimitNPROC=1048576
-ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe ip_tables
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /run/flannel
-ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p ${ETCD_SSL_DIR}
-
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/rkt run --net=host \
-   --stage1-path=/usr/lib/rkt/stage1-images/stage1-fly.aci \
-   --insecure-options=image \
-   --set-env=NOTIFY_SOCKET=/run/systemd/notify \
-   --inherit-env=true \
-   --volume runsystemd,kind=host,source=/run/systemd,readOnly=false \
-   --volume runflannel,kind=host,source=/run/flannel,readOnly=false \
-   --volume ssl,kind=host,source=${ETCD_SSL_DIR},readOnly=true \
-   --volume certs,kind=host,source=/usr/share/ca-certificates,readOnly=true \
-   --volume resolv,kind=host,source=/etc/resolv.conf,readOnly=true \
-   --volume hosts,kind=host,source=/etc/hosts,readOnly=true \
-   --mount volume=runsystemd,target=/run/systemd \
-   --mount volume=runflannel,target=/run/flannel \
-   --mount volume=ssl,target=${ETCD_SSL_DIR} \
-   --mount volume=certs,target=/etc/ssl/certs \
-   --mount volume=resolv,target=/etc/resolv.conf \
-   --mount volume=hosts,target=/etc/hosts \
-   ${FLANNEL_IMG}:${FLANNEL_VER} \
-   --exec /opt/bin/flanneld \
-   -- --ip-masq=true
-
-# Update docker options
-ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/rkt run --net=host \
-   --stage1-path=/usr/lib/rkt/stage1-images/stage1-fly.aci \
-   --insecure-options=image \
-   --volume runvol,kind=host,source=/run,readOnly=false \
-   --mount volume=runvol,target=/run \
-   ${FLANNEL_IMG}:${FLANNEL_VER} \
-   --exec /opt/bin/mk-docker-opts.sh -- -d /run/flannel_docker_opts.env -i
-
-ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/rkt gc --mark-only
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.1-r5.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.1-r5.ebuild
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--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.1-r5.ebuild
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-flannel-9999.ebuild
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.2-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.2-r1.ebuild
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--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.2-r1.ebuild
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-flannel-9999.ebuild
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-9999.ebuild
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index e8b6309ff1..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-9999.ebuild
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@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2014 CoreOS, Inc.. All rights reserved.
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=6
-
-if [[ "${PV}" == 9999 ]]; then
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
-else
-	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
-fi
-
-inherit systemd coreos-go-utils
-
-DESCRIPTION="flannel"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/coreos/flannel"
-SRC_URI=""
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE=""
-
-RDEPEND="app-emulation/rkt"
-S="$WORKDIR"
-
-src_install() {
-	local arch_tag="$(go_arch)"
-	sed "s/{{flannel_ver}}/v${PV}-${arch_tag}/" "${FILESDIR}"/flanneld.service >"${T}"/flanneld.service
-	systemd_dounit "${T}"/flanneld.service
-
-	insinto /usr/lib/systemd/network
-	doins "${FILESDIR}"/50-flannel.network
-}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/metadata.xml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/metadata.xml
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--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/metadata.xml
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-</pkgmetadata>