diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6ecc3541..dd5b2acb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 livecd-rootfs (2.319) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * copy set locale hook from core to desktop-next
+  
+  [ Sergio Schvezov ]
+  * removing debian packaging artifacts from the image
 
  -- Sebastien Bacher <seb128@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:40:25 +0200
 
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/600-no-debian.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/600-no-debian.binary
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5b02e5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/600-no-debian.binary
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# removing debian packaging artifacts
+
+set -ex
+
+echo "I: Removing the debian legacy"
+
+PREFIX=binary/boot/filesystem.dir
+
+# dpkg-deb and dpkg purposefully left behind
+(cd $PREFIX
+    chroot . dpkg --purge apt
+    rm -r \
+        var/lib/dpkg \
+        var/log/apt
+    rm \
+        usr/bin/dpkg-query \
+        usr/bin/dpkg-split \
+        usr/bin/dpkg-divert \
+        usr/bin/dpkg-trigger \
+        usr/bin/dpkg-statoverride \
+        usr/bin/dpkg-maintscript-helper
+)