diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/net-misc/tlsdate/tlsdate-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/net-misc/tlsdate/tlsdate-9999.ebuild
index 686a558fbc..b59eb972d3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/net-misc/tlsdate/tlsdate-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/net-misc/tlsdate/tlsdate-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	# Our unprivileged group is called "nobody"
-	cros-workon_src_configure \
+	econf \
 		$(use_enable dbus) \
 		--with-unpriv-user=tlsdate \
 		--with-unpriv-group=tlsdate \