diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7c530508..a9994476 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ livecd-rootfs (2.843) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Unconditionally enable i386 in the chroot for Ubuntu Desktop; the new
     installer doesn't handle enabling this at install time, and late
     enablement also misses us some recommends.
+  * Restore losetup code, the necessary launchpad-buildd changes were being
+    deployed just as this revert landed.
 
  -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:51:13 -0700
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c8c78a76..b1ad7323 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          lsb-release,
          lzma,
          make,
+         mount,
          parted,
          procps,
          python3,
diff --git a/live-build/buildd/hooks/02-disk-image-uefi.binary b/live-build/buildd/hooks/02-disk-image-uefi.binary
index d358596a..44a7ff42 100755
--- a/live-build/buildd/hooks/02-disk-image-uefi.binary
+++ b/live-build/buildd/hooks/02-disk-image-uefi.binary
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ create_partitions() {
 }
 
 create_and_mount_uefi_partition() {
-    uefi_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p15"
+    uefi_dev="${loop_device}p15"
     mountpoint="$1"
     mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n UEFI "${uefi_dev}"
 
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index c00a06b5..b21a8518 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -12,16 +12,13 @@ loop_raw=
 backing_img=
 
 clean_loops() {
-    local kpartx_ret
-    local kpartx_stdout
-
-    if [ -n "${backing_img}" ]; then
+    if [ -n "${loop_device}" ]; then
         # If something just finished writing to the device or a
         # partition (e.g. the zerofree in umount_partition) udev might
         # still be processing the device.
         udevadm settle
         sync
-        kpartx -v -d "${backing_img}"
+        losetup -v -d "${loop_device}"
         unset backing_img
     fi
 
@@ -65,18 +62,15 @@ mount_image() {
     trap clean_loops EXIT
     backing_img="$1"
     local rootpart="$2"
-    kpartx_mapping="$(kpartx -s -v -a ${backing_img})"
+    loop_device=$(losetup --show -f -P -v ${backing_img})
 
-    # Find the loop device
-    loop_p1="$(echo -e ${kpartx_mapping} | head -n1 | awk '{print$3}')"
-    loop_device="/dev/${loop_p1%p[0-9]*}"
     if [ ! -b ${loop_device} ]; then
         echo "unable to find loop device for ${backing_img}"
         exit 1
     fi
 
     # Find the rootfs location
-    rootfs_dev_mapper="/dev/mapper/${loop_p1%%[0-9]}${rootpart}"
+    rootfs_dev_mapper="${loop_device}p${rootpart}"
     if [ ! -b "${rootfs_dev_mapper}" ]; then
         echo "${rootfs_dev_mapper} is not a block device";
         exit 1
@@ -213,7 +207,7 @@ mount_disk_image() {
     mount_image ${disk_image} 1
     mount_partition "${rootfs_dev_mapper}" $mountpoint
 
-    local uefi_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p15"
+    local uefi_dev="${loop_device}p15"
     if [ -b ${uefi_dev} -a -e $mountpoint/boot/efi ]; then
         mount "${uefi_dev}" $mountpoint/boot/efi
     fi
@@ -254,7 +248,7 @@ umount_partition() {
 umount_disk_image() {
     mountpoint="$1"
 
-    local uefi_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p15"
+    local uefi_dev="${loop_device}p15"
     if [ -e "$mountpoint/boot/efi" -a -b "$uefi_dev" ]; then
 	# zero fill free space in UEFI partition
 	cat < /dev/zero > "$mountpoint/boot/efi/bloat_file" 2> /dev/null || true
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-ppc64el.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-ppc64el.binary
index dc87a361..b5b7cffc 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-ppc64el.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-ppc64el.binary
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
 # Set the default commandline
 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="console=hvc0 earlyprintk"
 EOF
-    prep_partition="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p2"
+    prep_partition="${loop_device}p2"
     chroot mountpoint grub-install "${prep_partition}" \
         --no-nvram \
         --boot-directory=/boot \
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary
index 91e77516..042db427 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ create_partitions() {
 }
 
 create_and_mount_uefi_partition() {
-    uefi_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p15"
+    uefi_dev="${loop_device}p15"
     mountpoint="$1"
     mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n UEFI "${uefi_dev}"
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ install_grub() {
                 # Server preinstalled image
                 # Setup cidata sample data & nocloud fallback
                 # Allows login on first boot with or without metadata
-                cidata_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p14"
+                cidata_dev="${loop_device}p14"
                 setup_cidata "${cidata_dev}"
                 setup_cinocloud mountpoint
             fi
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ install_grub() {
                 # Server preinstalled image
                 # Setup cidata sample data & nocloud fallback
                 # Allows login on first boot with or without metadata
-                cidata_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p14"
+                cidata_dev="${loop_device}p14"
                 setup_cidata "${cidata_dev}"
                 setup_cinocloud mountpoint
             fi
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ install_grub() {
                 # Server preinstalled image
                 # Setup cidata sample data & nocloud fallback
                 # Allows login on first boot with or without metadata
-                cidata_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p13"
+                cidata_dev="${loop_device}p13"
                 setup_cidata "${cidata_dev}"
                 setup_cinocloud mountpoint
             fi
@@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ install_grub() {
                         efi_target=riscv64-efi
                         # The real U-Boot
                         chroot mountpoint apt-get install -qqy u-boot-microchip
-                        loader="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p13"
+                        loader="${loop_device}p13"
                         dd if=mountpoint/usr/lib/u-boot/microchip_icicle/u-boot.payload of=$loader
                         # Provide end-user modifyable CIDATA
-                        cidata_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p12"
+                        cidata_dev="${loop_device}p12"
                         setup_cidata "${cidata_dev}"
                         # Provide stock nocloud datasource
                         # Allow interactive login on baremetal board,
@@ -330,10 +330,10 @@ install_grub() {
                         chroot mountpoint apt-get install -qqy u-boot-nezha
                         # Since version 2022.10 U-Boot SPL and U-Boot are installed onto the same partition.
                         # Package nezha-boot0 is not needed anymore.
-                        loader1="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p13"
+                        loader1="${loop_device}p13"
                         dd if=mountpoint/usr/lib/u-boot/${SUBARCH}/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=$loader1
                         # Provide end-user modifyable CIDATA
-                        cidata_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p12"
+                        cidata_dev="${loop_device}p12"
                         setup_cidata "${cidata_dev}"
                         # Provide stock nocloud datasource
                         # Allow interactive login on baremetal SiFive board,
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ install_grub() {
                         efi_target=riscv64-efi
 
                         # factory u-boot requires a p3 partition with /boot/uEnv.txt file
-                        uenv_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p3"
+                        uenv_dev="${loop_device}p3"
                         mkfs.ext4 "${uenv_dev}"
                         uenv_mnt_dir=`mktemp -d uenvXXX`
                         mount "${uenv_dev}" "${uenv_mnt_dir}"
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ EOF
                         umount "${uenv_mnt_dir}"
                         rmdir "${uenv_mnt_dir}"
                         # Provide end-user modifyable CIDATA
-                        cidata_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p12"
+                        cidata_dev="${loop_device}p12"
                         setup_cidata "${cidata_dev}"
                         # Provide stock nocloud datasource
                         # Allow interactive login on baremetal SiFive board,
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ EOF
                         chroot mountpoint bash -c 'FK_FORCE=yes apt-get install -qqy grub-efi-riscv64 flash-kernel'
                         efi_target=riscv64-efi
                         # Provide end-user modifyable CIDATA
-                        cidata_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p12"
+                        cidata_dev="${loop_device}p12"
                         setup_cidata "${cidata_dev}"
                         # Provide stock nocloud datasource
                         # Allow interactive login on baremetal board,
@@ -431,13 +431,13 @@ EOF
                         fi
                         chroot mountpoint apt-get install -qqy u-boot-sifive
                         # FSBL, which gets U-Boot SPL
-                        loader1="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p13"
+                        loader1="${loop_device}p13"
                         # The real U-Boot
-                        loader2="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p14"
+                        loader2="${loop_device}p14"
                         dd if=mountpoint/usr/lib/u-boot/${u_boot_arch}/u-boot-spl.bin of=$loader1
                         dd if=mountpoint/usr/lib/u-boot/${u_boot_arch}/u-boot.itb of=$loader2
                         # Provide end-user modifyable CIDATA
-                        cidata_dev="/dev/mapper${loop_device///dev/}p12"
+                        cidata_dev="${loop_device}p12"
                         setup_cidata "${cidata_dev}"
                         # Provide stock nocloud datasource
                         # Allow interactive login on baremetal SiFive board,