diff --git a/update_chroot b/update_chroot
index dd066caadf..02afc6fb21 100755
--- a/update_chroot
+++ b/update_chroot
@@ -197,12 +197,6 @@ if [[ "${FLAGS_jobs}" -ne -1 ]]; then
   REBUILD_FLAGS+=( "--jobs=${FLAGS_jobs}" )
 fi
 
-# Force rebuilding some misbehaving Perl modules for the 5.24 upgrade.
-EMERGE_FLAGS+=(
-  --reinstall-atoms='dev-perl/File-Slurp dev-perl/Locale-gettext dev-perl/XML-Parser perl-core/File-Temp virtual/perl-File-Temp'
-  --usepkg-exclude='dev-perl/File-Slurp dev-perl/Locale-gettext dev-perl/XML-Parser perl-core/File-Temp virtual/perl-File-Temp'
-)
-
 # Perform an update of coreos-devel/sdk-depends and world in the chroot.
 EMERGE_CMD="emerge"