diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass
index 96d7195d56..90df1fec75 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/python-utils-r1.eclass
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ _python_set_impls() {
 # b) '-2' to indicate all Python 2 variants (= !python_is_python3)
 # c) '-3' to indicate all Python 3 variants (= python_is_python3)
 _python_impl_matches() {
-	[[ ${#} -ge 2 ]] || die "${FUNCNAME}: takes at least 2 parameters"
+	[[ ${#} -ge 1 ]] || die "${FUNCNAME}: takes at least 1 parameter"
+	[[ ${#} -eq 1 ]] && return 0
 
 	local impl=${1} pattern
 	shift