diff --git a/catalyst/base/stagebase.py b/catalyst/base/stagebase.py
index 999bf8df..3c60783b 100644
--- a/catalyst/base/stagebase.py
+++ b/catalyst/base/stagebase.py
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ class StageBase(TargetBase, ClearBase, GenBase):
# optionally clean up portage configs
if ("portage_prefix" in self.settings and
"sticky-config" not in self.settings["options"]):
- for _dir in "keywords", "mask", "unmask", "use":
+ for _dir in "accept_keywords", "keywords",
"mask", "unmask", "use":
target = pjoin([self.settings['chroot_path'],
"etc/portage/package.%s" % _dir,
self.settings["portage_prefix"]])
--
2.13.6