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 e59b90b6a9..5c63349b15 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
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ net-libs/libmicrohttpd epoll
 
 sys-boot/syslinux       -custom-cflags
 
-# 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