diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/net-firewall/nftables b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/net-firewall/nftables
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index f8e35864ca..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/net-firewall/nftables
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-nftables_install_mask=" /usr/libexec/nftables /var/lib/nftables /usr/lib/systemd/system/nftables-load.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/nftables-store.service "
-
-INSTALL_MASK+=${nftables_install_mask}
-PKG_INSTALL_MASK+=${nftables_install_mask}
-unset nftables_install_mask