diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1709a72e..5708348e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.70ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * live-build/auto/config: Don't purge .pyc files on ubuntu-server images.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:33:44 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.70) quantal; urgency=low
 
   * live-build/auto/config: Don't install lupin-casper on ubuntu-server
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 8cf7ef87..a7db6a09 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@ boot/initrd.img-*
 EOF
 fi
 
-ln -s /usr/share/live/build/examples/hooks/all_chroot_pyc-purge.sh config/chroot_local-hooks/
+if [ "$PROJECT" != ubuntu-server ]; then
+	ln -s /usr/share/live/build/examples/hooks/all_chroot_pyc-purge.sh config/chroot_local-hooks/
+fi
 
 case $PROJECT in
 	kubuntu|kubuntu-active)