diff --git a/pkgcheck.Dockerfile b/pkgcheck.Dockerfile
index 06622c6..0b1456a 100644
--- a/pkgcheck.Dockerfile
+++ b/pkgcheck.Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ RUN eselect profile set default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords
 RUN echo -e 'dev-util/pkgcheck\n  sys-apps/pkgcore' >> \
     /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/portage
+RUN echo '*/* PYTHON_TARGETS: -python2_7' >> /etc/portage/package.use/python
 RUN quickpkg --include-config=y @world sys-libs/glibc
 RUN emerge --root=/workdir --buildpkg=y --usepkg --quiet \
     dev-util/pkgcheck sys-devel/gcc dev-python/requests dev-vcs/git
diff --git a/repoman.Dockerfile b/repoman.Dockerfile
index b72744d..89bc524 100644
--- a/repoman.Dockerfile
+++ b/repoman.Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ RUN eselect profile set default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords
 RUN echo 'app-portage/repoman' \
     >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/portage
+RUN echo '*/* PYTHON_TARGETS: -python2_7' >> /etc/portage/package.use/python
 RUN quickpkg --include-config=y @world sys-libs/glibc
 RUN emerge --root=/workdir --buildpkg=y --usepkg --quiet \
     app-portage/repoman dev-vcs/git