diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.40-r5.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.40-r5.ebuild
index 008e30a673..8d0073e796 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.40-r5.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.40-r5.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ else
 	[[ -z ${PATCH_VER} ]] || SRC_URI="${SRC_URI}
 		https://dev.gentoo.org/~${PATCH_DEV}/distfiles/binutils-${PATCH_BINUTILS_VER}-patches-${PATCH_VER}.tar.xz"
 	SLOT=$(ver_cut 1-2)
-	KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc ~x86"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86"
 fi
 
 #
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.40-r8.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.40-r8.ebuild
index 2f1a4e09d8..789ad23b05 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.40-r8.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/binutils/binutils-2.40-r8.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ else
 	[[ -z ${PATCH_VER} ]] || SRC_URI="${SRC_URI}
 		https://dev.gentoo.org/~${PATCH_DEV}/distfiles/binutils-${PATCH_BINUTILS_VER}-patches-${PATCH_VER}.tar.xz"
 	SLOT=$(ver_cut 1-2)
-	#KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
 fi
 
 #
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ src_configure() {
 		--libdir="${EPREFIX}"${LIBPATH}
 		--libexecdir="${EPREFIX}"${LIBPATH}
 		--includedir="${EPREFIX}"${INCPATH}
+		# portage's econf() does not detect presence of --d-d-t
+		# because it greps only top-level ./configure. But not
+		# libiberty's or bfd's configure.
+		--disable-dependency-tracking
+		--disable-silent-rules
 		--enable-obsolete
 		--enable-shared
 		--enable-threads
@@ -331,11 +336,11 @@ src_compile() {
 	cd "${MY_BUILDDIR}" || die
 
 	# see Note [tooldir hack for ldscripts]
-	emake V=1 tooldir="${EPREFIX}${TOOLPATH}" all
+	emake tooldir="${EPREFIX}${TOOLPATH}" all
 
 	# only build info pages if the user wants them
 	if use doc ; then
-		emake V=1 info
+		emake info
 	fi
 
 	# we nuke the manpages when we're left with junk
@@ -349,7 +354,7 @@ src_test() {
 	# bug #637066
 	filter-flags -Wall -Wreturn-type
 
-	emake -k V=1 check
+	emake -k check
 }
 
 src_install() {
@@ -358,7 +363,7 @@ src_install() {
 	cd "${MY_BUILDDIR}" || die
 
 	# see Note [tooldir hack for ldscripts]
-	emake V=1 DESTDIR="${D}" tooldir="${EPREFIX}${LIBPATH}" install
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" tooldir="${EPREFIX}${LIBPATH}" install
 	rm -rf "${ED}"/${LIBPATH}/bin || die
 	use static-libs || find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete