diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
index 6f703c5cfa..7639e4784a 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 =sys-cluster/ipvsadm-1.27-r1 **
 
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
-=sys-devel/binutils-2.40-r5 ~arm64
 =sys-firmware/edk2-aarch64-18.02 **
 
 # FIPS support is still being tested.
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@
 
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
 =sys-fs/multipath-tools-0.9.5 ~amd64
-=sys-libs/binutils-libs-2.40-r5 ~arm64
 =sys-libs/libselinux-3.1-r3 ~arm64
 =sys-libs/libsemanage-3.1-r2 ~arm64
 =sys-libs/libsepol-3.1 ~arm64