diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-lang/python-oem b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-lang/python-oem
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index 8b527f5a5d..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-lang/python-oem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Work around configure test that cannot be cross compiled :(
-#
-# When checking if this is still applicable, try grepping the
-# configure script for lines with "$cross_compiling", like
-#
-# grep -B 20 -F 'when cross compiling' configure
-
-export ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no
-export ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes