diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7215e483..3911820b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 livecd-rootfs (2.592) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Drop trying to mount removed maas squashfs.
+  * Stop overriding initramfs compression default to lzma. LP: #1831736
 
  -- Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:02:32 +0100
 
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 6722ca08..de935248 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -505,12 +505,6 @@ if ! [ -e config/germinate-output/structure ]; then
                 ${COMPONENTS:+-c "$COMPONENTS"} -a $ARCH)
 fi
 
-case $PROJECT in
-        base|edubuntu|edubuntu-dvd|kubuntu|kubuntu-active|kubuntu-dvd|kubuntu-plasma5|lubuntu|mythbuntu|ubuntu|ubuntu-budgie|ubuntu-dvd|ubuntu-gnome|ubuntu-mate|ubuntu-netbook|ubuntukylin|ubuntustudio-dvd|xubuntu)
-		INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION="lzma"
-		;;
-esac
-
 case $PROJECT in
 	ubuntu|ubuntu-dvd)