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 11bf2d85f7..613b943b00 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
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dev-vcs/git		webdav curl bash-completion
 net-misc/curl		kerberos threads
 net-misc/iputils	arping tracepath traceroute
 sys-devel/gettext	-git
-app-emulation/qemu	aio caps curl jpeg ncurses png python threads uuid vhost-net virtfs vnc -xkb qemu_softmmu_targets_x86_64 qemu_softmmu_targets_aarch64
+app-emulation/qemu	aio caps curl ncurses png python threads uuid vhost-net virtfs vnc -xkb qemu_softmmu_targets_x86_64 qemu_softmmu_targets_aarch64
 
 # python3 problems
 app-portage/gentoolkit -python_targets_python3_6
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use
index 243dfb7287..40b3c746fc 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ app-crypt/gnupg smartcard usb
 
 # for qemu
 app-arch/bzip2 static-libs
-app-emulation/qemu static-user
+app-emulation/qemu static-user -jpeg
 dev-libs/glib static-libs
 dev-libs/libaio static-libs
 dev-libs/libpcre static-libs