diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index be388aa4..8358f4c7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ livecd-rootfs (2.408.6) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Add additional hints to ubuntu-touch* i386/amd64 image builds to pull in
     the gles version of the UITK.
+  * Now that we have have systemd working on ubuntu-touch, remove the
+    systemd-sysv- in add_package config to make sure we can build an image with
+    systemd as the init system.
 
  -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak <lukasz.zemczak@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:14:43 +0200
 
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 872dbac2..010dae93 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 				HINTS="$HINTS qml-module-ubuntu-components-gles unity8"
 				;;
 		esac
-		add_package install ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-touch systemd-sysv- $HINTS
+		add_package install ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-touch $HINTS
 
 		COMPONENTS='main restricted universe'
 		BOOTAPPEND_LIVE='hostname=ubuntu-phablet username=ubuntu'