diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
index ffe1d3d0bb..111c60f4ce 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sys-libs/gdbm berkdb
 dev-vcs/git -perl -iconv
 
 # symlink: to add a link between ncat and nc
-net-analyzer/nmap ncat -system-lua symlink
+net-analyzer/nmap ncat symlink
 
 # removes mta dependencies
 app-admin/sudo -sendmail