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 2b4a14af3c..340f92278d 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
@@ -162,3 +162,7 @@ sys-fs/zfs-kmod -initramfs
 # For sys-auth/sssd
 net-dns/bind       gssapi
 net-dns/bind-tools gssapi
+
+# Flatcar can't benefit from this performance boost for several reasons, the
+# main one being the use of binary packages.
+sys-kernel/dracut -dracut-cpio