diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
index 517d75aa3d..f6ba9d51b6 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ sys-apps/flashrom -dediprog -ft2232_spi -serprog
 
 # break dependency loop between pkg-config and glib
 dev-util/pkgconfig internal-glib
+
+# minimize risk removing unneeded patches and networking support
+app-shells/bash -net vanilla