diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a7e22612..a17697fb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.446) artful; urgency=medium
+
+  * Build ubuntu back with tasks. The metapackage switch was due to g++
+    transition and needed some additional hint. This is adding maintenance
+    and as mentioned in 2.335, we can revert this.
+
+ -- Didier Roche <didrocks@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:08:29 +0200
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.445) artful; urgency=medium
 
   * Resurrect Balint's fix from
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 60be6328..53ee496b 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -233,12 +233,10 @@ case $BINARYFORMAT in
 esac
 
 SIGNED_KERNEL_PACKAGE="linux-signed-generic"
-UNITY_HWE_HINTS="unity-settings-daemon notify-osd libqt4-sql-sqlite unity gnome-terminal"
 
 case $PROJECT in
 	ubuntu|ubuntu-dvd)
-		add_package install ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-standard
-		add_package install ubuntu-desktop $UNITY_HWE_HINTS
+		add_task install minimal standard ubuntu-desktop
 		LIVE_TASK='ubuntu-live'
 		case $ARCH in
 			amd64)	add_package live $SIGNED_KERNEL_PACKAGE ;;