diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/make.defaults b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/make.defaults
index 880324bd61..228ca622e9 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/make.defaults
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/make.defaults
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ETCD_PROTOCOLS="1 2"
 USE_EXPAND="${USE_EXPAND} GO_VERSION"
 
 # Extra use flags for CoreOS SDK
-USE="${USE} cros_host expat -introspection -cups -tcpd -berkdb"
+USE="${USE} cros_host expat -cracklib -introspection -cups -tcpd -berkdb"
 
 # Never install cron or cron jobs
 USE="${USE} -cron"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
index 1c30a83451..46ded92fb7 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 USE="cros-debug acpi usb symlink-usr cryptsetup policykit"
 USE="${USE} -cros_host -expat -cairo -X -man"
-USE="${USE} -acl -cracklib -gpm -python"
+USE="${USE} -acl -gpm -python"
 USE="${USE} -fortran -abiword -perl -cups -poppler-data -nls"
 
 # Exclude documentation