diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.mask b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.mask
index fada03a3d7..d1c5bff76f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.mask
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.mask
@@ -21,8 +21,3 @@
 # Python 3.11 is stable in portage-stable, so avoid picking it
 # up. Drop this when we switch to it.
 >=dev-lang/python-3.11
-
-# sys-devel/gcc-11.3.1_p20230120-r1 is the latest stable gcc version
-# that fixes the CET build issue of glibc. There are newer versions of
-# gcc that are not tested enough for CET, so mask them.
->sys-devel/gcc-11.3.1_p20230120-r1