diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
index 395339442f..c3e0e2f642 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
@@ -98,3 +98,6 @@ ACCT_USER_SYSTEMD_RESOLVE_ID=245
 # tss seems to be one of those users with a mismatching UID/GID
 ACCT_GROUP_TSS_ID=252
 ACCT_USER_TSS_ID=236
+
+# Disable creation of /usr/lib as symlink
+SYMLINK_LIB="no"