diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/semodule-utils/semodule-utils-3.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/semodule-utils/semodule-utils-3.1.ebuild
index 21cea74be5..2002f71e94 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/semodule-utils/semodule-utils-3.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/semodule-utils/semodule-utils-3.1.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ SLOT="0"
 
 DEPEND=">=sys-libs/libsepol-${SEPOL_VER}:="
 
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+# flatcar changes: add a weak blocker on policycoreutils-2.4
+# to prevent file collisions
+# policycoreutils-2.4 and semodule-utils provide the same files
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	!=sys-apps/policycoreutils-2.4-r2
+"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default