diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/bash-completion-r1.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/bash-completion-r1.eclass
index caae6878e6..df1a2a54d3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/bash-completion-r1.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/bash-completion-r1.eclass
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ esac
 _bash-completion-r1_get_bashdir() {
 	debug-print-function ${FUNCNAME} "${@}"
 
-	# Flatcar: Take a fix for pkg-config paths from systemd.eclass.
-	#
-	# https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf/issues/205
-	local -x PKG_CONFIG_FDO_SYSROOT_RULES=1
-
 	if $(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --exists bash-completion &>/dev/null; then
 		local path
 		path=$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --variable="${1}" bash-completion) || die