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 926f4d8f1b..0a3deb5bb6 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
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@ app-shells/bash -net vanilla
 
 # enable audit subsystem by default
 sys-kernel/coreos-kernel audit
+
+# disable nss utilities
+dev-libs/nss -utils