diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r4.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r5.ebuild
similarity index 99%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r4.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r5.ebuild
index e2f17a6def..168284a424 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r4.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-215-r5.ebuild
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		--with-dbusinterfacedir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces"
 
 		--with-ntp-servers="0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org"
+
+		# no default name servers
+		--with-dns-servers=
 	)
 
 	if use firmware-loader; then
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
index e724dcb218..3b76e97633 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		--with-dbusinterfacedir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces"
 
 		--with-ntp-servers="0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org"
+
+		# no default name servers
+		--with-dns-servers=
 	)
 
 	if use firmware-loader; then