diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/multilib.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/multilib.eclass
index 4a6e4160d5..77340a23e3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/multilib.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/multilib.eclass
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export CFLAGS_default
 export LDFLAGS_default
 export CHOST_default=${CHOST_default:-${CHOST}}
 export CTARGET_default=${CTARGET_default:-${CTARGET:-${CHOST_default}}}
-export LIBDIR_default=${CONF_LIBDIR:-"lib"}
+export LIBDIR_default="lib"
 export KERNEL_ABI=${KERNEL_ABI:-${DEFAULT_ABI}}
 
 # @FUNCTION: has_multilib_profile