diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/install-ec2-key.sh b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/install-ec2-key.sh
index 32f6e6b33e..a7cda709fa 100755
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/install-ec2-key.sh
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/install-ec2-key.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ if [ ! -d ${USER_DIR}/.ssh ] ; then
 	mkdir -p ${USER_DIR}/.ssh
 	chmod 700 ${USER_DIR}/.ssh
 fi
-# Fetch public key using HTTP
-curl -s --connect-timeout 3 http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-keys/0/openssh-key > /tmp/my-key
+curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-keys/0/openssh-key > /tmp/my-key
 if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
 	cat /tmp/my-key >> ${USER_DIR}/.ssh/authorized_keys
 	chmod 700 ${USER_DIR}/.ssh/authorized_keys
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/oem-ami-0.0.1-r4.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/oem-ami-0.0.1-r4.ebuild
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..b1843e3373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/oem-ami-0.0.1-r4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+oem-ami-0.0.1.ebuild
\ No newline at end of file