diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/features/64bit-native/make.defaults b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/features/64bit-native/make.defaults
index de1ee948dd..40d87abeda 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/features/64bit-native/make.defaults
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/features/64bit-native/make.defaults
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/features/64bit-native/make.defaults,v 1.2 2008/11/14 15:43:49 darkside Exp $
 
 # We disable the symlink, since we won't be using it.
-SYMLINK_LIB="yes"
+SYMLINK_LIB="no"
 
 USE="-gcc64"
 STAGE1_USE="nptl nptlonly unicode"