diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c04a9173..1fe79f22 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.87) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * live-build/auto/config: Build ubuntu-server and ubuntu-core with
+    --initramfs=none, since we don't need casper in those images.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:01:13 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.86) quantal; urgency=low
 
   * Reorganise code to avoid kernel installation on
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 36b065db..3dfad2d3 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ esac
 
 case $PROJECT in
 	ubuntu-server|ubuntu-core)
-		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--linux-packages=none"
+		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--linux-packages=none --initramfs=none"
 		KERNEL_FLAVOURS=none
 		BINARY_REMOVE_LINUX=false
 		;;