diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 951fe7637eff995aeed17d7f4bd7630f29fa51bb..56fa117041150d423c66f84fde4635f2689d7fd6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,5 @@ ENV ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" \
     MAKEOPTS="-j4" \
     USE="-perl -ipc -rsync-verify"
 
-# https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo-docker-images/issues/79
-RUN emerge --unmerge dev-python/setuptools dev-python/certifi \
- && emerge dev-vcs/git app-portage/repoman dev-util/pkgcheck \
+RUN emerge dev-vcs/git app-portage/repoman dev-util/pkgcheck \
  && rm -rf /var/cache/distfiles/*