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 4b5e56b33f..a0568c0345 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
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 =dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.9.4 ~amd64 ~arm64
 
-# Keep the version of bind-tools the same on all arches.
-=net-dns/bind-tools-9.16.36 ~arm64
-
 # Required for addressing CVE-2023-23914, CVE-2023-23915 and CVE-2023-23916.
 =net-misc/curl-7.88.1-r1 ~amd64 ~arm64