diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
index 9722bdb41e..ca69b37b34 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ app-emulation/xen-tools -ocaml -hvm -xend -pygrub -qemu -flask -screen -doc amd6
 >=media-libs/libjpeg-turbo-1.2.0-r1 static-libs
 sys-apps/gptfdisk -icu
 
-# for build hosts
-dev-util/catalyst ccache
-dev-lang/python sqlite
-
 # for profile migration
 dev-lang/perl -gdbm
 dev-libs/apr-util -gdbm
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use
index c3efe96d31..4d085da3ea 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ sys-apps/flashrom dediprog ft2232_spi serprog
 
 dev-vcs/git pcre
 dev-lang/ruby berkdb
+
+dev-util/catalyst ccache
+dev-lang/python sqlite
+