diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-util/pkgcheck b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-util/pkgcheck
index cab111a171..549392a7a8 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-util/pkgcheck
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-util/pkgcheck
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 cros_post_src_install_create_default_config() {
-	dodir /etc/pkgcheck
+	insinto /etc/pkgcheck
 	# these must be indented with tabs, bash only strips leading
 	# tabs with "<<-", leading spaces won't do.
-	cat <<- EOF >"${ED}/etc/pkgcheck/pkgcheck.conf" || die
+	newins - pkgcheck.conf <<-EOF
 	[DEFAULT]
 	keywords = -NonexistentDeps,-NonsolvableDepsInDev,-NonsolvableDepsInExp,-NonsolvableDepsInStable
 	EOF