diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 63db68e5..ee759daf 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.531) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * ubuntu-cpc: Use linux-kvm for all amd64 minimized builds (LP: #1775472).
+
+ -- Daniel Watkins <oddbloke@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 06 Jun 2018 17:17:32 -0700
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.530) cosmic; urgency=medium
 
   * ubuntu-cpc: Reintroduce the -root.tar.xz artifact (LP: #1585233).
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 069a69dc..da99afa1 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -600,16 +600,9 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		if [ "${SUBPROJECT:-}" = minimized ]; then
 			add_task install cloud-image
 			add_package install sudo
-			# linux-kvm currently only exists in xenial, not in
-			# non-LTS suites.  Fall back to virtual flavor, which
-			# may or may not boot initramfsless but enables us to
-			# test building and possibly build derivative images
-			# using other kernel flavors.
-			# If you enable an extra ppa, it is assumed that
-			# linux-kvm is available since you control the
-			# archive and can provide this metapackage as
-			# necessary.
-			if [ "$ARCH" = "amd64" ] && ([ -n "$EXTRA_PPAS" ] || [ "$SUITE" = xenial ] || [ "$SUITE" = bionic ]); then
+			# linux-kvm currently only exists for amd64, so fall back to the
+			# virtual flavour for other architectures
+			if [ "$ARCH" = "amd64" ]; then
 				KERNEL_FLAVOURS=kvm
 			else
 				KERNEL_FLAVOURS=virtual