diff --git a/tools-musl/portage/make.conf b/tools-musl/portage/make.conf
index 63003ee0..b5e78de5 100644
--- a/tools-musl/portage/make.conf
+++ b/tools-musl/portage/make.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ USE="${USE} -xattr python zlib"
 MAKEOPTS="-j9"
 
 INSTALL_MASK="charset.alias"
-FEATURES="-sandbox"
 PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
 
 source /var/lib/layman/make.conf