diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3604c163..9fc0f79e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+livecd-rootfs (23.10.26) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Use a traditional seed.yaml style seed for the canary installer's live
+    session.
+
+ -- Michael Hudson-Doyle <michael.hudson@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:29:00 +1200
+
 livecd-rootfs (23.10.25) mantic; urgency=medium
 
   * snap-seed-parse.py: fix builds with no snaps.
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index c8f13d86..451a7d61 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 				# TODO: we should probably add the kernel per KERNEL_FLAVOURS
 				add_package standard.live linux-generic casper lvm2 mdadm cryptsetup dctrl-tools
 				remove_package standard.live ubiquity-frontend-gtk
+				add_snap standard.live ubuntu-desktop-installer/classic
 				# the enhanced-secureboot layer, contains all packages for the enhanced secureboot install
 				add_package standard.enhanced-secureboot cryptsetup boot-managed-by-snapd
 
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-live.binary b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-live.binary
index e0e294e3..2e5e014d 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-live.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-live.binary
@@ -22,129 +22,6 @@ esac
 . config/binary
 . config/functions
 
-# env SNAPPY_STORE_NO_CDN=1 snap known --remote model series=16 brand-id=canonical model=ubuntu-installer-classic-2310-amd64 > config/classic-model-installer.model
-cat <<EOF > config/classic-model-installer.model
-type: model
-authority-id: canonical
-revision: 3
-series: 16
-brand-id: canonical
-model: ubuntu-installer-classic-2310-amd64
-architecture: amd64
-base: core22
-classic: true
-distribution: ubuntu
-grade: signed
-snaps:
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable
-    id: amcUKQILKXHHTlmSa7NMdnXSx02dNeeT
-    name: core22
-    type: base
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable
-    id: PMrrV4ml8uWuEUDBT8dSGnKUYbevVhc4
-    name: snapd
-    type: snapd
-  -
-    classic: true
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: rQm0TtMOYOtEslvEXgxQDhgy1JNn38Wz
-    name: ubuntu-desktop-installer
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable
-    id: EISPgh06mRh1vordZY9OZ34QHdd7OrdR
-    name: bare
-    type: base
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk
-    name: firefox
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: lATO8HzwVvrAPrlZRAWpfyrJKlAJrZS3
-    name: gnome-42-2204
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: jZLfBRzf1cYlYysIjD2bwSzNtngY0qit
-    name: gtk-common-themes
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: gjf3IPXoRiipCu9K0kVu52f0H56fIksg
-    name: snap-store
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: IrwRHakqtzhFRHJOOPxKVPU0Kk7Erhcu
-    name: snapd-desktop-integration
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: m1eQacDdXCthEwWQrESei3Zao3d5gfJF
-    name: cups
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: d1yehor45vFG9GdKjmgdqbnBuKtR0Qa4
-    name: ghostscript-printer-app
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: 3wnSvqxn6OqPBuioytBcdnR2UBaUzvPC
-    name: gutenprint-printer-app
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: PPjo7KVjJvmdYUeUt9LqmKRrgmGdWPyM
-    name: hplip-printer-app
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: WJKWBUuCDufOFw2p24tvkbbw02plGkbd
-    name: ipp-usb
-    type: app
-  -
-    default-channel: latest/stable/ubuntu-23.10
-    id: 5xUmM1J4qSfki63gfpEDcrr1wU1FdP2k
-    name: ps-printer-app
-    type: app
-timestamp: 2023-08-22T12:00:00.0Z
-sign-key-sha3-384: 9tydnLa6MTJ-jaQTFUXEwHl1yRx7ZS4K5cyFDhYDcPzhS7uyEkDxdUjg9g08BtNn
-
-AcLBXAQAAQoABgUCZOTCgQAKCRDgT5vottzAEvDYD/97aa0ub3eq1zzUpMRDXY+NoHMLOON5zBgA
-qLmpZq9ECZtuT0Tsyn/znlx2g15r8erzlgQtg/lS8iLIk0PqmwE/BB4ntdLQ3P56Rxz/YvkoK31B
-519vOcpLlXxyVHsG4u3IjsEtPBlm4dmnzuuJodiRF4g4iXlxIQpcCkUm1gTHKof6NUlne7VwNty7
-8GvinPZtoTDVc6i+VftzUAbnqtifSlvxUseDvRkZrYX44FWKfEz7qqGQVdtwmZrP/ab+nc0CA+Nz
-p6pn1wBrXk4y3EGw5RWQJvY5PzE5E7fCCirUW6SWpZ15jGK7pKGtXK2TJQlgsILeVp40FhnX5+As
-9EnJpCCPYn8ZkKKjL9dCvmBSaKsqC0SVPYeB+T6PG2ANEHooaALvoiSTUVCM4HnBvjMtSXJpOPE7
-FzfyL9z4mKtNF82NmHc9Oms7QfuX70jQ0mgS/NDy6Te+4dhZ5QpLZzkwed/SWGmHGADPPV6Dxhcd
-N5sjPPhhAJ6A2EyJQrKY3dOUt/vlu04C1TZCQwz9aQJO5hEaC3E/+ci8IVBRhDAvKJJ4iuTdO/k2
-SRiShTD1s/mua3D01bN2gGoyh2DY4lFKro28by4Ci0QXSBOIVTk+GnWAOwJCnbB636PZD9Ipf29L
-ri86PlIOcM1OvSROryexBE+aNuWZYBwvJIo2kMYfVw==
-EOF
-
-channel=""
-if [ -n "${CHANNEL:-}" ]; then
-    channel="--channel $CHANNEL"
-fi
-
-reset_snapd_state chroot
-
-env SNAPPY_STORE_NO_CDN=1 snap prepare-image \
-    --classic config/classic-model-installer.model $channel chroot
-mv chroot/system-seed/systems/* chroot/system-seed/systems/classic-installer
-rm -rf chroot/var/lib/snapd/seed
-mv chroot/system-seed chroot/var/lib/snapd/seed
-
-cat <<EOF  > chroot/var/lib/snapd/modeenv
-mode=run
-recovery_system=classic-installer
-EOF
-
 mv chroot/boot/initrd.img-* ${PWD}/livecd.${PROJECT}.initrd-generic
 mv chroot/boot/vmlinu?-* ${PWD}/livecd.${PROJECT}.kernel-generic
 chmod a+r ${PWD}/livecd.${PROJECT}.initrd-generic ${PWD}/livecd.${PROJECT}.kernel-generic