diff --git a/metadata/layout.conf b/metadata/layout.conf
index acbc471..4e25ee7 100644
--- a/metadata/layout.conf
+++ b/metadata/layout.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 profile-formats = portage-2
+masters =
 thin-manifests = true
 use-manifests = true
 cache-format = md5-dict