diff --git a/BuildLiveCD b/BuildLiveCD
deleted file mode 100755
index 4938d7e0..00000000
--- a/BuildLiveCD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,177 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-BUILD_LOG=~/public_html/BuildLive.out
-ALWAYS_SEND_LOG=yes
-LANG=C
-
-finish() {
-    [ $? != "0" ] && STATUS="Failed" || STATUS="Successful"
-    if [ "$STATUS" = "Failed" ] || [ "$ALWAYS_SEND_LOG" = "yes" ]; then
-    	SEND_LOG=yes
-    fi
-    if [ -e "$LOG" ]; then
-        echo "======================= Log of livefs.sh output follows ======================="
-        cat $LOG
-    fi
-    if [ "$SEND_LOG" = "yes" ]; then
-        exec >/dev/null 2>&1
-        mailx -s "LiveCD: $STATUS $STE:$FS${SUBPROJECT:+-$SUBPROJECT}${SUBARCH:+-$SUBARCH}${UBUNTU_DEFAULTS_LOCALE:+-$UBUNTU_DEFAULTS_LOCALE} build on ${ARCH}" buildd+porters < "$BUILD_LOG"
-    fi
-    rm -f ~/buildLiveCD.lock
-    nohup ~/bin/pruneLiveCD >/dev/null 2>&1 &
-}
-
-if [ -n "$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND" ]; then
-    set -- $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND
-    [ ${1##*/} != 'BuildLiveCD' ] && echo bad command >&2 && exit 2
-    shift
-fi
-ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
-SUBARCH=""
-NEWSUITE="precise"
-SUITES=""
-PROPOSED=""
-IMAGEFORMAT=""
-LIVE_BUILD=false
-UBUNTU_DEFAULTS_LOCALE=""
-
-while getopts :A:s:r:d:f:plu:t: name; do case $name in
-    A)	ARCH="$OPTARG";;
-    s)	SUBARCH="$OPTARG";;
-    r)	SUBPROJECT="$OPTARG";;
-    d)	NEWSUITE="$OPTARG";;
-    f)	IMAGEFORMAT="$OPTARG";;
-    p)	PROPOSED="-p";;
-    l)	LIVE_BUILD=:;;
-    u)	UBUNTU_DEFAULTS_LOCALE="$OPTARG";;
-    t)	UBUNTU_TOUCH_ANDROID="$OPTARG";;
-esac; done;
-shift $((OPTIND-1))
-
-for s in $NEWSUITE; do
-    if [ -d build-${s}-live/chroot-${s} ]; then SUITES="$SUITES $s"; fi
-done
-if [ -z "$SUITES" ]; then
-    echo "No valid suites to build for" >&2 && exit 1
-fi
-for s in $SUITES; do
-    case $s in
-        dapper|edgy|feisty|gutsy|hardy)
-            old_suite="yes"
-            ;;
-        *)
-            new_suite="yes"
-            ;;
-    esac
-done
-if [ "$new_suite" = "yes" ] && [ "$old_suite" = "yes" ]; then
-    echo "Can't build images for suites older than intrepid and suites" >&2
-    echo "greater than hardy at the same time, please use two invocations" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-if ([ $# = 0 ] || [ "X$1" = "Xall" ]) && ! $LIVE_BUILD; then
-    set -- ubuntu kubuntu kubuntu-active edubuntu xubuntu mythbuntu base
-    if [ "$ARCH" = "i386" ]; then
-        set -- ubuntu ubuntu-dvd ubuntu-lpia ubuntu-netbook kubuntu kubuntu-dvd kubuntu-active edubuntu edubuntu-dvd xubuntu mythbuntu base
-    fi
-fi
-
-case ${ARCH} in
-    hppa|sparc|powerpc) LINUX32=linux32;;
-    *) LINUX32="";;
-esac
-
-if [ "`echo $@ | wc -w`" -gt "1" ]; then
-    for arg in "$@"; do
-        $0 $arg
-    done
-    exit 0
-fi
-FS="$1"
-shift
-
-# 12 hours should be enough for even the longest build queue to clear.
-lockfile -8 -r$((12 * 60 * 60 / 8)) ~/buildLiveCD.lock || exit 1
-trap "finish" 0
-trap "rm -f ~/buildLiveCD.lock; exit 1" 1 2 3 15
-exec > $BUILD_LOG 2>&1
-set -e
-
-for STE in $SUITES; do
-    if [ -d ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} ]; then
-	sudo chroot ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} apt-get -qq update || true
-	sudo chroot ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} apt-get -y dist-upgrade || true
-	sudo chroot ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} apt-get -y install livecd-rootfs eatmydata || true
-	sudo chroot ~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE} apt-get -y --install-recommends install ubuntu-defaults-builder || true
-    fi
-done
-for STE in $SUITES; do
-    if cd ~/build-${STE}-live 2>/dev/null; then
-	DIR=~/build-${STE}-live/chroot-${STE}/./build/
-    else
-	cd ~/build.live
-	DIR=~/build.live/chroot-${STE}/./build/
-    fi
-
-    PUBDIR=~/public_html/LiveCD/${STE}/${FS}${SUBPROJECT:+-$SUBPROJECT}${SUBARCH:+-$SUBARCH}${UBUNTU_DEFAULTS_LOCALE:+-$UBUNTU_DEFAULTS_LOCALE}/
-    mkdir -p ${PUBDIR}
-
-    NOW=$(date +%Y%m%d)
-    if [ -d ${PUBDIR}${NOW} ]; then
-	typeset -i n=1; while [ -d ${PUBDIR}${NOW}.$n ]; do n=n+1; done
-	NOW=${NOW}.$n
-    fi
-    LOG=${PUBDIR}${NOW}/livecd-${NOW}-${ARCH}.out
-
-    rm -f ${PUBDIR}latest
-    ln -sf ${PUBDIR}${NOW} ${PUBDIR}latest
-    mkdir -p ${PUBDIR}${NOW}
-    > ${LOG}
-    ln -sf livecd-${NOW}-${ARCH}.out ${PUBDIR}${NOW}/livecd-${ARCH}.out
-    if $LIVE_BUILD; then
-	$LINUX32 sudo chroot ${DIR%/./*} sh -c "cd /${DIR#*/./} && rm -rf auto && mkdir -p auto && for f in config build clean; do ln -s /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/auto/\$f auto/; done" >> ${LOG} 2>&1 || true
-	$LINUX32 sudo chroot ${DIR%/./*} sh -c "cd /${DIR#*/./} && lb clean --purge" >> ${LOG} 2>&1 || true
-	if ! $LINUX32 sudo chroot ${DIR%/./*} sh -c "cd /${DIR#*/./} && NOW=${NOW} SUITE=${STE} PROJECT=${FS} SUBPROJECT=${SUBPROJECT} ARCH=${ARCH} SUBARCH=${SUBARCH} IMAGEFORMAT=${IMAGEFORMAT} PROPOSED=${PROPOSED:+1} lb config" >> ${LOG} 2>&1; then
-	    exit 1
-	fi
-	COMMAND="PROJECT=${FS} SUBPROJECT=${SUBPROJECT} ARCH=${ARCH} SUBARCH=${SUBARCH} lb build"
-    elif [ "$UBUNTU_DEFAULTS_LOCALE" ]; then
-	COMMAND="ubuntu-defaults-image --locale ${UBUNTU_DEFAULTS_LOCALE} --arch ${ARCH} --release ${STE}"
-    else
-	echo "Must pass either -l or -u."
-	exit 1
-    fi
-    if $LINUX32 sudo chroot ${DIR%/./*} sh -c "cd /${DIR#*/./} && eatmydata -- $COMMAND" >> ${LOG} 2>&1; then
-	rm -f ${PUBDIR}current
-	ln -sf ${NOW} ${PUBDIR}current
-
-	for file in ${DIR}livecd.*; do
-	    if [ -f ${file} ]; then
-		ext=${file##*.}
-		base=${file%.*}; base=${base##*/}
-		sudo chown buildd ${file}
-		sudo mv ${file} ${PUBDIR}${NOW}/${base}-${NOW}-${ARCH}.${ext}
-		ln -sf ${base}-${NOW}-${ARCH}.${ext} ${PUBDIR}${NOW}/${base}.${ext}
-	    fi
-	done
-
-	for f in ${PUBDIR}${NOW}/livecd.*.cloop-*; do 
-	    if [ -f ${f} ]; then
-		target=${f%-*}
-		if [ ! -f ${target} ]; then
-		    for fsbs in 4096:4096 1024:65536; do
-			if [ -f ${target}-${fsbs} ]; then
-			    ln -sf ${target##*/}-${fsbs} ${target}
-			    break
-			fi
-		    done
-		    if [ ! -f ${target} ]; then
-			best=$(ls -ld ${target}-* | sort -k5,5n| awk '{print $NF; quit}')
-			ln -sf ${best##*/} ${target}
-		    fi
-		fi
-	    fi
-	done
-    else
-	exit 1
-    fi
-done
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a27abb35..ed58cc30 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ livecd-rootfs (2.376) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Michael Terry ]
   * Change real name for phablet user to "Ubuntu" in ubuntu-touch.
 
+  [ Steve Langasek ]
+  * Drop BuildLiveCD from the examples; we now use launchpad-buildd to drive
+    livefs builds, so BuildLiveCD is obsolete and misleading.
+
  -- Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak <lukasz.zemczak@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:31:18 +0100
 
 livecd-rootfs (2.375) xenial; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/examples b/debian/examples
deleted file mode 100644
index 202be4c9..00000000
--- a/debian/examples
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-BuildLiveCD