diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6e38cb8a..caf3415b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ livecd-rootfs (2.526) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Drop the workaround for setting the base seed of Lubuntu and Lubuntu Next
     now that Lubuntu Next is Lubuntu.
+  * Don't follow recommends on Lubuntu now that this is no longer the
+    case in the seed.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 03 May 2018 23:18:52 -0500
 
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index f66dfc07..10f288ab 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -432,10 +432,6 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		case $ARCH in
 			amd64|i386)	KERNEL_FLAVOURS=generic ;;
 		esac
-
-		# The Lubuntu STRUCTURE file has "feature
-		# no-follow-recommends".  Mirror this.
-		APT_OPTIONS="${APT_OPTIONS} --no-install-recommends"
 		;;
 
 	lubuntu-next)
@@ -448,10 +444,6 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		case $ARCH in
 			amd64|i386)	KERNEL_FLAVOURS=generic ;;
 		esac
-
-		# The Lubuntu STRUCTURE file has "feature
-		# no-follow-recommends". Mirror this.
-		APT_OPTIONS="${APT_OPTIONS} --no-install-recommends"
 		;;
 
 	ubuntu-gnome)