diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.44-r3.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.44-r3.ebuild
index d62a1b406c..dc9376f5c8 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.44-r3.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-5.44-r3.ebuild
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ BDEPEND+="
 	)
 "
 
+# https://bugs.gentoo.org/898676
+QA_CONFIG_IMPL_DECL_SKIP=( makedev )
+
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/file-5.43-seccomp-fstatat64-musl.patch" #789336, not upstream yet
 	"${FILESDIR}/file-5.43-portage-sandbox.patch" #889046
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild
index 26babd17ab..fdcca649e2 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/file-9999.ebuild
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ BDEPEND+="
 	)
 "
 
+# https://bugs.gentoo.org/898676
+QA_CONFIG_IMPL_DECL_SKIP=( makedev )
+
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/file-5.43-seccomp-fstatat64-musl.patch" #789336, not upstream yet
 	"${FILESDIR}/file-5.43-portage-sandbox.patch" #889046