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 baeb72080b..409d6724e2 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
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
 =dev-cpp/glog-0.6.0 ~arm64
 =dev-db/sqlite-3.46.1 ~arm64
-=dev-lang/perl-5.40.0 ~arm64
 
 # Needed by arm64-native SDK.
 =dev-lang/yasm-1.3.0-r1 ~arm64