diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-cloud.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-cloud.spec
index 03a2e794..62152fd4 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-cloud.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-cloud.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ stage4/use:
 	sse
 	sse2
 	urandom
-  xattr
 
 stage4/packages:
 	app-admin/logrotate
@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ stage4/empty:
 	/usr/src
 	/var/cache/edb/dep
 	/var/cache/genkernel
+  /var/cache/portage/distfiles
 	/var/empty
 	/var/run
 	/var/state
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-nomultilib-cloud.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-nomultilib-cloud.spec
index 1d1b0bde..826b0b7b 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-nomultilib-cloud.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-nomultilib-cloud.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ stage4/use:
 	sse
 	sse2
 	urandom
-  xattr
 
 stage4/packages:
 	app-admin/logrotate
@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ stage4/empty:
 	/usr/src
 	/var/cache/edb/dep
 	/var/cache/genkernel
+  /var/cache/portage/distfiles
 	/var/empty
 	/var/run
 	/var/state
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-cloud.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-cloud.spec
index e396b4bc..013ec2ef 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-cloud.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-cloud.spec
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ stage4/empty:
 	/usr/src
 	/var/cache/edb/dep
 	/var/cache/genkernel
+  /var/cache/portage/distfiles
 	/var/empty
 	/var/run
 	/var/state
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-nomultilib-cloud.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-nomultilib-cloud.spec
index 15362113..2121557b 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-nomultilib-cloud.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-nomultilib-cloud.spec
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ stage4/empty:
 	/usr/src
 	/var/cache/edb/dep
 	/var/cache/genkernel
+  /var/cache/portage/distfiles
 	/var/empty
 	/var/run
 	/var/state