diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f5a2dcef..d871127d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.291) vivid; urgency=low
+
+  [ Michael Vogt ]
+  * do not leave some packages in ^rc state on snappy/ubuntu-core
+    (LP: #1428115). Thanks to Daniel Holbach
+
+  [ Oliver Grawert ]
+  * put FLASH_KERNEL_SKIP=true into /etc/environment on phones, this will
+    prevent the systems from trying to flash an updated initrd automatically
+    in case you call update-initramfs or install your own kernel package on a
+    nexus device where this is supported, please call flash-kernel manually
+    after unsetting the variable in your work environment.
+
+ -- Oliver Grawert <ogra@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:14:11 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.290) vivid; urgency=medium
 
   * touch: Explicitly uninstall systemd-sysv, to help apt to install upstart
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/11-remove-extra-packages.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/11-remove-extra-packages.chroot
index 7f7a847e..f9c1ffe0 100644
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/11-remove-extra-packages.chroot
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/11-remove-extra-packages.chroot
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 set -e
 
 # we want a really minimal image
-apt-get remove -y locales
+apt-get purge -y locales
 
 # this will also get rid of libqt5 - this can be removed once
 # system-image-cli in vivid does no longer depend on 
 # ubuntu-download-manager
-apt-get remove -y libicu52
+apt-get purge -y libicu52
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/48-setup-env.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/48-setup-env.chroot
index bdd5f87f..258d83a2 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/48-setup-env.chroot
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-touch/hooks/48-setup-env.chroot
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ ANDROID_ROOT=/system
 EXTERNAL_STORAGE=/mnt/sdcard
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+FLASH_KERNEL_SKIP=true
 QT_IM_MODULE=maliitphablet" > /etc/environment