diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass
index c8c00466a9..aeb063c2e2 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="http://www.kernel.org"
 LICENSE="GPL-2 freedist"
 SLOT="0/${PVR}"
 SRC_URI=""
-IUSE="audit selinux"
+IUSE=""
 
 DEPEND="
 	app-arch/gzip
@@ -215,14 +215,6 @@ coreos-kernel_src_prepare() {
 }
 
 coreos-kernel_src_configure() {
-	if ! use audit; then
-		sed -i -e '/^CONFIG_CMDLINE=/s/"$/ audit=0"/' build/.config || die
-	fi
-	if ! use selinux; then
-		sed -i -e '/CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_BOOTPARAM_VALUE/d' build/.config || die
-		echo CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX_BOOTPARAM_VALUE=0 >> build/.config || die
-	fi
-
 	# Use default for any options not explitly set in defconfig
 	kmake olddefconfig
 
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/package.use
index 5032cf1bb0..aaa8b12859 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/package.use
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 coreos-base/coreos	    selinux
 sys-apps/dbus               selinux
 sys-apps/systemd            selinux
-sys-kernel/coreos-kernel    selinux
 
 # Enable SELinux for coreutils
 sys-apps/coreutils	    selinux
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
index 0a3deb5bb6..8ce54cb4d1 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
@@ -38,8 +38,5 @@ dev-util/pkgconfig internal-glib
 # minimize risk removing unneeded patches and networking support
 app-shells/bash -net vanilla
 
-# enable audit subsystem by default
-sys-kernel/coreos-kernel audit
-
 # disable nss utilities
 dev-libs/nss -utils