diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 71705174..0bc5e189 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.581) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Remove device nodes later for ubuntu-base:minimized (i.e. docker) builds.
+    (LP: #1828118) 
+
+ -- Michael Hudson-Doyle <michael.hudson@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 08 May 2019 09:59:35 +1200
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.580) eoan; urgency=medium
 
   * Run clean_debian_chroot after minimize_manual (LP: #1826377)
diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index 8238b8bb..b07caad7 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -308,17 +308,6 @@ EOF
 				apt-get -y --purge autoremove"
 		fi
 
-		if [ "${PROJECT}:${SUBPROJECT:-}" = "ubuntu-base:minimized" ]; then
-			# Save even more size by removing apt lists (that are currently removed
-			# downstream anyway)
-			rm -rf chroot/var/lib/apt/lists/*
-			# Having device notes in the docker image can cause problems
-			# (https://github.com/tianon/docker-brew-ubuntu-core/issues/62)
-			# so remove them.  We only do this for docker out of an
-			# abundance of caution.
-			rm -rf chroot/dev/*
-		fi
-
 		configure_universe
 
 		if [ -d chroot/var/lib/preinstalled-pool ]; then
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 7908900c..72fdb056 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -717,7 +717,18 @@ subtract_package_lists() {
 clean_debian_chroot() {
     # remove crufty files that shouldn't be left in an image
     rm -f chroot/var/cache/debconf/*-old chroot/var/lib/dpkg/*-old
-	Chroot chroot apt clean
+    Chroot chroot apt clean
+    # For the docker images we remove even more stuff.
+    if [ "${PROJECT}:${SUBPROJECT:-}" = "ubuntu-base:minimized" ]; then
+        # Remove apt lists (that are currently removed downstream
+        # anyway)
+        rm -rf chroot/var/lib/apt/lists/*
+        # Having device nodes in the docker image can cause problems
+        # (https://github.com/tianon/docker-brew-ubuntu-core/issues/62)
+        # so remove them.  We only do this for docker out of an
+        # abundance of caution.
+        rm -rf chroot/dev/*
+    fi
 }
 
 configure_universe() {