diff --git a/bootstrap_sdk b/bootstrap_sdk
index b6a0da1a79..aad43d9361 100755
--- a/bootstrap_sdk
+++ b/bootstrap_sdk
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stage4/packages: coreos-devel/sdk-depends
 stage4/fsscript: ${BUILD_LIBRARY_DIR}/catalyst_default_stage4.sh
 stage4/root_overlay: ${TEMPDIR}/stage4_overlay
 stage4/empty: /etc/portage/repos.conf /root /usr/portage /var/cache/edb
-stage4/rm: /etc/machine-id /etc/resolv.conf /etc/portage/make.conf
+stage4/rm: /etc/machine-id /etc/resolv.conf
 EOF
 catalyst_stage_default
 }
diff --git a/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh b/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
index 914e8351f1..fac370d763 100755
--- a/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
+++ b/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ init_users () {
 init_setup () {
    info "Running init_setup()..."
    # clean up old catalyst configs to avoid error from env-update
-   # TODO(marineam): remove in a week or so
+   # TODO(marineam): remove repos.conf bit in a week or so
    rm -f "${FLAGS_chroot}/etc/portage/make.conf" \
      "${FLAGS_chroot}/etc/portage/repos.conf/coreos.conf"