diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 764e97cb..e26e572f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+livecd-rootfs (23.10.16) mantic; urgency=medium
+
+  * fix: Do not install recommends for ubuntu-cpc minimized project (LP: #2031640)
+    * fix: Remove dangling symlink /boot/initrd.img.old if exists
+    * fix: Ensure required dependencies are installed before trying `grub-install`
+    * fix: Install required package fuse3 when preseeding snaps
+
+ -- Philip Roche <phil.roche@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:44:23 +0100
+
+livecd-rootfs (23.10.15) mantic; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Stefan Hammer ]
+  * fix(armhf): Fix armhf kernel file detection
+
+ -- Utkarsh Gupta <utkarsh@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 17 Aug 2023 07:06:53 +0530
+
 livecd-rootfs (23.10.14) mantic; urgency=medium
 
   * canary
diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index 2a94e910..d67e5d0e 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -618,7 +618,11 @@ for FLAVOUR in $LB_LINUX_FLAVOURS; do
 	fi
 	case $FLAVOUR in
 		allwinner|virtual|generic-hwe-*)
-			FLAVOUR="generic"
+			if [ "$ARCH" = "armhf" ]; then
+				FLAVOUR="generic-lpae"
+			else
+				FLAVOUR="generic"
+			fi
 			;;
 		oem-*)
 			FLAVOUR="oem"
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index c9157d07..587bcb39 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -1106,6 +1106,12 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		KERNEL_FLAVOURS=virtual
 
 		if [ "${SUBPROJECT:-}" = minimized ]; then
+		    # For minimized images we do not want to install any recommended packages.
+		    # We can do this by setting APT::Install-Recommends to false in apt config
+		    # or by passing --no-install-recommends to apt-get install.
+		    # Apt config is set using `APT_OPTIONS` variable in this script.
+		    # This fixes LP: #2031640
+		    APT_OPTIONS="${APT_OPTIONS:+$APT_OPTIONS }--no-install-recommends"
 			add_package install ubuntu-cloud-minimal
 		else
 			add_task install minimal standard cloud-image
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 7a97670c..dea971dc 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -708,6 +708,12 @@ snap_preseed() {
     SNAP=${SNAP%=*}
     # strip /classic confinement
     local SNAP_NAME=${SNAP%/*}
+
+    # For snap preseed to work, we need to ensure that fuse3 is installed in the chroot.
+    # fuse3 is a recommends of snapd but if this is a minimized image then recommends are not installed
+    # and preseeding will fail.
+    chroot "${CHROOT_ROOT}" apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends fuse3
+
     # Seed from the specified channel (e.g. core18 latest/stable)
     # Or Channel endcoded in the snap name (e.g. lxd=4.0/stable/ubuntu-20.04)
     # Or Ubuntu policy default channel latest/stable/ubuntu-$(release_ver)
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image.binary
index 7fcc8167..8751773e 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image.binary
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ esac
 
 if [ "${should_install_grub}" -eq 1 ]; then
     echo "(hd0) ${loop_device}" > mountpoint/tmp/device.map
+    # install the required package to get the grub-install command
+    chroot mountpoint apt-get -qqy install --no-install-recommends grub-pc grub2-common
     chroot mountpoint grub-install ${loop_device}
     chroot mountpoint grub-bios-setup \
         --boot-image=i386-pc/boot.img \
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/999-cpc-fixes.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/999-cpc-fixes.chroot
index 6d7b62ea..12956529 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/999-cpc-fixes.chroot
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/999-cpc-fixes.chroot
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ fi
 # previous steps may have left a dangling symlink here with
 # SUBPROJECT=minimized and that breaks lb_chroot_hacks step
 if [ -L "${rootd}/boot/initrd.img" ] && [ ! -e "${rootd}/boot/initrd.img" ]; then
-	rm "${rootd}/boot/initrd.img"
+	rm --verbose "${rootd}/boot/initrd.img"
+fi
+
+if [ -L "${rootd}/boot/initrd.img.old" ] && [ ! -e "${rootd}/boot/initrd.img.old" ]; then
+	rm --verbose "${rootd}/boot/initrd.img.old"
 fi
 
 #### END COMMON ARCH FUNCTIONS
@@ -196,8 +200,11 @@ if [ -x "${rootd}/usr/sbin/update-grub" ]; then
 fi
 
 # reconfigure grub so that upgrades to grub-pc do not force a debconf config
-# changed prompt (LP: #1009294).  This re-runs update-grub
-if [ -n "`_xchroot "${rootd}" dpkg-query -W grub-pc 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
+# changed prompt (LP: #1009294).  This re-runs update-grub. Only do so if grub-pc
+# is installed. Determine whether grub-pc is installed by checking for the
+# status of the grub-pc package. Only packages installed will result in
+# output to the dpkg-query --status command.
+if [ -n "`_xchroot "${rootd}" dpkg-query --status grub-pc 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
     _xchroot "${rootd}" env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
              dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
 fi