diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/linux-mod.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/linux-mod.eclass
index 7e99938928..ff2294f1e4 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/linux-mod.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/linux-mod.eclass
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	${MODULES_OPTIONAL_USE:+)}"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
     ${MODULES_OPTIONAL_USE}${MODULES_OPTIONAL_USE:+? (}
-	sys-apps/sed
 	kernel_linux? ( virtual/linux-sources virtual/libelf )
 	${MODULES_OPTIONAL_USE:+)}"
 
@@ -653,6 +652,7 @@ linux-mod_src_compile() {
 			einfo "Preparing ${modulename} module"
 			if [[ -n ${ECONF_PARAMS} ]]
 			then
+				eqawarn "This package relies on the deprecated functionality of econf being called in linux-mod_src_compile (ECONF_PARAMS), which will go away in 30 days (20230107) (https://bugs.gentoo.org/340597)"
 				econf ${ECONF_PARAMS} || \
 				die "Unable to run econf ${ECONF_PARAMS}"
 			fi