diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/sys-auth/polkit b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/sys-auth/polkit
deleted file mode 100644
index d0da796a47..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/sys-auth/polkit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-cros_post_src_install_polkit_flatcar_modifications() {
-
-    # create symlink for backward compatibility
-    dosym -r /usr/share/flatcar/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-default.rules /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/50-default.rules
-    insinto /usr/share/flatcar/etc/polkit-1/rules.d
-    newins - 50-default.rules
-
-    # add tmpfiles config for state directory
-    (
-        insopts -m 0644
-        insinto /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
-        newins - polkit.conf <<'EOF'
-d   /var/lib/polkit-1       0700    polkitd polkitd -   -
-EOF
-    )
-}