diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index a2b16429..b21643ed 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 						;;
 				esac
 				;;
-			canary)
+			*)
 				PASSES_TO_LAYERS="true"
 				# the standard layer, contains all base common packages for later layers (we're splitting out the snaps)
 				add_task standard minimal standard ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-desktop-default-languages
@@ -772,32 +772,6 @@ case $PROJECT in
 				/usr/share/livecd-rootfs/checkout-translations-branch \
 					https://git.launchpad.net/subiquity po config/catalog-translations
 				;;
-			*)
-				touch config/universe-enabled
-				PASSES_TO_LAYERS="true"
-				KERNEL_FLAVOURS='generic-hwe-22.04'
-				add_task standard minimal standard ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-desktop-default-languages
-				add_task standard.live ubuntu-live
-				add_package standard cloud-init
-				remove_package standard.live ubiquity-frontend-gtk
-				add_snap standard.live ubuntu-desktop-installer/classic
-
-				seeded_langs="$(get_seeded_languages desktop)"
-				echo "$seeded_langs" | tr ' ' ',' > config/seeded-languages
-				derive_language_layers standard desktop desktop-default-languages "$seeded_langs"
-				cat <<-EOF > config/standard.catalog-in.yaml
-					name: "Ubuntu Desktop"
-					description: >-
-					  Ubuntu Desktop.
-					id: ubuntu-desktop
-					type: fsimage-layered
-					variant: desktop
-					locale_support: langpack
-					default: yes
-				EOF
-				/usr/share/livecd-rootfs/checkout-translations-branch \
-					https://git.launchpad.net/subiquity po config/catalog-translations
-				;;
 		esac
 		;;
 
@@ -1298,7 +1272,7 @@ case "$ARCH${SUBARCH:++$SUBARCH}" in
 esac
 
 case $PROJECT:${SUBPROJECT:-} in
-	ubuntu-server:*|ubuntu-base:*|ubuntu-oci:*|ubuntu:canary)
+	ubuntu-server:*|ubuntu-base:*|ubuntu-oci:*|ubuntu:)
 		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--linux-packages=none --initramfs=none"
 		KERNEL_FLAVOURS=none
 		BINARY_REMOVE_LINUX=false
@@ -1552,7 +1526,7 @@ EOF
 		;;
 
 	ubuntu-cpc:*|ubuntu-server:live|ubuntu:desktop-preinstalled| \
-		ubuntu-wsl:*|ubuntu-mini-iso:*|ubuntu:canary|ubuntu-oem:*)
+		ubuntu-wsl:*|ubuntu-mini-iso:*|ubuntu:|ubuntu-oem:*)
 		# Ensure that most things e.g. includes.chroot are copied as is
 		for entry in /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/${PROJECT}/*; do
 			case $entry in
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi-non-cloud.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi-non-cloud.binary
index 781419cf..2235f65f 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi-non-cloud.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi-non-cloud.binary
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ case $ARCH in
 esac
 
 case ${PROJECT:-}:${SUBPROJECT:-} in
-    *:canary)
-        echo "We don't create EFI images for canary."
+    ubuntu:)
+        echo "We don't create EFI images for Ubuntu Desktop."
         exit 0
         ;;
     ubuntu)
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-enhanced-sb.binary b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-enhanced-sb.binary
similarity index 95%
rename from live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-enhanced-sb.binary
rename to live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-enhanced-sb.binary
index 10afd496..23035fbe 100644
--- a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-enhanced-sb.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-enhanced-sb.binary
@@ -10,14 +10,10 @@ case ${PASS:-} in
         ;;
 esac
 
-case ${SUBPROJECT:-} in
-    canary)
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "We don't run canary hooks for this project."
-        exit 0
-        ;;
-esac
+if [ -n "${SUBPROJECT:-}" ]; then
+    echo "We don't run Ubuntu Desktop hooks for this project."
+    exit 0
+fi
 
 . config/binary
 
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-live.binary b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-live.binary
similarity index 95%
rename from live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-live.binary
rename to live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-live.binary
index 2c661787..7e234c10 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-live.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-live.binary
@@ -10,14 +10,10 @@ case ${PASS:-} in
         ;;
 esac
 
-case ${SUBPROJECT:-} in
-    canary)
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "We don't run canary hooks for this project."
-        exit 0
-        ;;
-esac
+if [ -n "${SUBPROJECT:-}" ]; then
+    echo "We don't run Ubuntu Desktop hooks for this project."
+    exit 0
+fi
 
 . config/binary
 
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-live.chroot_early b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-live.chroot_early
similarity index 73%
rename from live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-live.chroot_early
rename to live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-live.chroot_early
index 76846f3b..d8d60cb6 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-canary-live.chroot_early
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-live.chroot_early
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@ case ${PASS:-} in
         ;;
 esac
 
-# TODO: Make sure this is only executed for canary builds (in a way
-# other then relying on the fact that these hooks are only copied for
-# an ubuntu:canary build)
-
 # As described in LP: #2025339, an initrd built from a jammy userspace
-# (which is what we use for canary builds currently) cannot fsck a
+# (which is what we use for Ubuntu Desktop builds currently) cannot fsck a
 # mantic root filesystem created with the default options.
 sed -i -e 's/,orphan_file//' /etc/mke2fs.conf
 
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/040-hyperv-desktop-images.binary b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/040-hyperv-desktop-images.binary
index b27114ab..1e7bc461 100644
--- a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/040-hyperv-desktop-images.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/040-hyperv-desktop-images.binary
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 echo "Creating Hyper-V image with Desktop..."
 
 case ${SUBPROJECT:-} in
-    minimized|canary)
+    minimized|"")
         echo "We don't create minimized images for $0."
         exit 0
         ;;