diff --git a/build/images/BUILD.gn b/build/images/BUILD.gn
index 3c28984..fb5539f 100644
--- a/build/images/BUILD.gn
+++ b/build/images/BUILD.gn
@@ -2596,7 +2596,6 @@
   visibility = [ ":system_snapshot" ]
   testonly = true
 
-  hermetic_deps = false
   script = "//build/cat.sh"
   sources = []
   outputs = [ "$target_out_dir/$target_name" ]