diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go-depend.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go-depend.eclass
index 542d464ecb..1177d8fa3f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go-depend.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-go-depend.eclass
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 export COREOS_GO_VERSION="${COREOS_GO_VERSION:-go1.22}"
 
 case "${EAPI:-0}" in
-	5|6) DEPEND="dev-lang/go:${COREOS_GO_VERSION#go}=" ;;
 	7|8) BDEPEND="dev-lang/go:${COREOS_GO_VERSION#go}=" ;;
 	*) die "Unsupported EAPI=${EAPI} for ${ECLASS}"
 esac