diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6d216eaf..37b848f4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.532) cosmic; urgency=medium
+
+  * ubuntu-cpc: Generate the root image contents once, and use it for both the
+    -root.tar.xz and the .squashfs.
+
+ -- Daniel Watkins <oddbloke@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 07 Jun 2018 11:11:02 -0700
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.531) cosmic; urgency=medium
 
   [ Daniel Watkins ]
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9a916658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-0-create-root-dir.binary
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash -ex
+# vi: ts=4 expandtab
+#
+# Generate the root directory/manifest for rootfs.tar.xz and squashfs
+
+if [ -n "$SUBARCH" ]; then
+    echo "Skipping rootfs build for subarch flavor build"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+. config/functions
+
+rootfs_dir=rootfs.dir
+mkdir $rootfs_dir
+cp -a chroot/* $rootfs_dir
+
+setup_mountpoint $rootfs_dir
+
+env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $rootfs_dir apt-get --purge remove --assume-yes '^linux-.*' 'linux-base+'
+env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $rootfs_dir apt-get --purge remove --assume-yes '^grub-.*'
+env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $rootfs_dir apt-get autoremove --purge --assume-yes
+rm -rf $rootfs_dir/boot/grub
+
+teardown_mountpoint $rootfs_dir
+
+dpkg-query --admindir=$rootfs_dir/var/lib/dpkg -W > $rootfs_dir.manifest
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-1-root-xz.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-1-root-xz.binary
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fab8a834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-1-root-xz.binary
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash -ex
+# vi: ts=4 expandtab
+#
+# Generate the rootfs.tar.xz and manifest
+
+if [ -n "$SUBARCH" ]; then
+    echo "Skipping rootfs build for subarch flavor build"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# This is the directory created by 031-0-create-root-dir.binary
+rootfs_dir=rootfs.dir
+
+cp $rootfs_dir.manifest livecd.ubuntu-cpc.rootfs.manifest
+(cd $rootfs_dir/ && tar -c *) | xz > livecd.ubuntu-cpc.rootfs.tar.xz
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-2-root-squashfs.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-2-root-squashfs.binary
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f4c2ac3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-2-root-squashfs.binary
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash -ex
+# vi: ts=4 noexpandtab
+#
+# Generate a squashfs root and manifest
+
+case $IMAGE_TARGETS in
+	""|*squashfs*)
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "Skipping squashfs build"
+		exit 0
+		;;
+esac
+
+if [ -n "$SUBARCH" ]; then
+	echo "Skipping rootfs build for subarch flavor build"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+# This is the directory created by 031-0-create-root-dir.binary
+rootfs_dir=rootfs.dir
+
+squashfs_f="$PWD/livecd.ubuntu-cpc.squashfs"
+
+cp $rootfs_dir.manifest $squashfs_f.manifest
+
+(cd $rootfs_dir &&
+      mksquashfs . $squashfs_f \
+        -no-progress -xattrs -comp xz )
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-root-xz.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-root-xz.binary
deleted file mode 100644
index 62881cd8..00000000
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/031-root-xz.binary
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -ex
-# vi: ts=4 expandtab
-#
-# Generate the rootfs.tar.xz and manifest
-
-if [ -n "$SUBARCH" ]; then
-    echo "Skipping rootfs build for subarch flavor build"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-. config/functions
-
-tardir=filesystem.dir
-mkdir $tardir
-cp -a chroot/* $tardir
-
-setup_mountpoint $tardir
-
-env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $tardir apt-get --purge remove --assume-yes '^linux-.*' 'linux-base+'
-env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $tardir apt-get --purge remove --assume-yes '^grub-.*'
-env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $tardir apt-get autoremove --purge --assume-yes
-
-teardown_mountpoint $tardir
-
-dpkg-query --admindir=$tardir/var/lib/dpkg -W > livecd.ubuntu-cpc.rootfs.manifest
-
-(cd "$tardir/" && tar -c *) | xz > "livecd.ubuntu-cpc.rootfs.tar.xz"
-
-rm -rf $tardir
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/032-root-squashfs.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/032-root-squashfs.binary
deleted file mode 100755
index ec6c1b05..00000000
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/032-root-squashfs.binary
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -ex
-# vi: ts=4 noexpandtab
-#
-# Generate a squashfs root and manifest
-
-case $IMAGE_TARGETS in
-	""|*squashfs*)
-		;;
-	*)
-		echo "Skipping squashfs build"
-		exit 0
-		;;
-esac
-
-if [ -n "$SUBARCH" ]; then
-	echo "Skipping rootfs build for subarch flavor build"
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-. config/functions
-
-mkdir binary/boot/squashfs.dir
-cp -a chroot/* binary/boot/squashfs.dir
-
-setup_mountpoint binary/boot/squashfs.dir
-
-chroot binary/boot/squashfs.dir dpkg-divert --local --rename /usr/sbin/grub-probe
-chroot binary/boot/squashfs.dir touch /usr/sbin/grub-probe
-chroot binary/boot/squashfs.dir chmod +x /usr/sbin/grub-probe
-
-env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot binary/boot/squashfs.dir apt-get --purge remove --assume-yes '^linux-.*' 'linux-base+'
-env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot binary/boot/squashfs.dir apt-get --purge remove --assume-yes '^grub-.*'
-env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot binary/boot/squashfs.dir apt-get autoremove --purge --assume-yes
-rm -rf binary/boot/squashfs.dir/boot/grub
-chroot binary/boot/squashfs.dir mkdir -p /lib/modules
-
-chroot binary/boot/squashfs.dir rm /usr/sbin/grub-probe
-chroot binary/boot/squashfs.dir dpkg-divert --remove --local --rename /usr/sbin/grub-probe
-
-teardown_mountpoint binary/boot/squashfs.dir
-
-squashfs_f="${PWD}/livecd.ubuntu-cpc.squashfs"
-squashfs_f_manifest="${squashfs_f}.manifest"
-
-dpkg-query --admindir=binary/boot/squashfs.dir/var/lib/dpkg -W > ${squashfs_f_manifest}
-
-(cd "binary/boot/squashfs.dir/" &&
-      mksquashfs . ${squashfs_f} \
-        -no-progress -xattrs -comp xz )