diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9ac41a15..d3e6e93a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ livecd-rootfs (0.62) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Use 'set -eu' rather than putting -eu on the #! line, so that running
     'sh -x /usr/sbin/livecd.sh' for testing doesn't invoke different
     error-handling behaviour.
+  * Remove the kernel from the livefs; ubiquity >= 1.9.4 will copy it from
+    the CD root if it needs to (LP: #80385).
 
  -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:14:50 +0100
 
diff --git a/livecd.sh b/livecd.sh
index 30782541..4a99800c 100755
--- a/livecd.sh
+++ b/livecd.sh
@@ -431,7 +431,9 @@ deb-src ${USERMIRROR} ${STE}-updates ${COMP}
 	# we mv the initramfs, so it's not wasting space on the livefs
 	mv ${ROOT}/boot/initrd.img-"${KVER}" livecd.${FSS}.initrd-"${SUBARCH}"
 	rm -f ${ROOT}/boot/initrd.img-"${KVER}".bak
-	cp ${ROOT}/boot/vmlinu?-"${KVER}" livecd.${FSS}.kernel-"${SUBARCH}"
+	# ubiquity >= 1.9.3 copies the kernel from the CD root if it doesn't
+	# find one on the livefs, allowing us to save space
+	mv ${ROOT}/boot/vmlinu?-"${KVER}" livecd.${FSS}.kernel-"${SUBARCH}"
     done
     NUMKVERS="$(set -- $KVERS; echo $#)"
     if [ "$NUMKVERS" = 1 ]; then