diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-libs/glib b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-libs/glib
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+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-libs/glib
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+# Do not install gobject-introspection binaries in production images.
+if [[ $(cros_target) != "cros_host" ]] ; then
+	glib_mask="/usr/bin/gi-* /usr/lib*/libgirepository-2.0*"
+	PKG_INSTALL_MASK+=" ${glib_mask}"
+	INSTALL_MASK+=" ${glib_mask}"
+	unset glib_mask
+fi