diff --git a/metadata/layout.conf b/metadata/layout.conf
--- a/metadata/layout.conf
+++ b/metadata/layout.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 #see portage manpage
-# eclasses provided by java-overlay take precedence over identically named
-# eclasses that are provided by gentoo
-masters = gentoo
+masters = gentoo gentoo_prefix