diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-0.0.1-r265.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-0.0.1-r265.ebuild
index 7999c3d219..320e74d105 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-0.0.1-r265.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-0.0.1-r265.ebuild
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ DEPEND="
 # TODO(adlr): remove coreutils dep if we move to busybox
 RDEPEND="
 	app-admin/sudo
+	coreos-base/vboot_reference
 	dev-util/shflags
 	sys-apps/coreutils
 	sys-apps/flashrom
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-9999.ebuild
index 474408bb46..23c0916b6f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-9999.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="
 	app-admin/sudo
 	coreos-base/vboot_reference
-	coreos-base/vpd
 	dev-util/shflags
 	sys-apps/coreutils
 	sys-apps/flashrom