diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
index e51504f3a2..de75e11228 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
@@ -45,3 +45,6 @@ sys-apps/systemd -ssl
 net-firewall/ipset -modules
 
 dev-lang/spidermonkey minimal
+
+# do not pull in x11-misc/shared-mime-info
+dev-libs/glib -mime