diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 93baaa7c..8f92478d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ livecd-rootfs (2.771) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Drop support for building i386 images aside from the launchpad builder
     images.
+  * Remove fwupd from the cloud images.  LP: #1981109.
 
  -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:49:28 -0700
 
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 3071e01b..d77ae6bb 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
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ if [ -L "${rootd}/boot/initrd.img" ] && [ ! -e "${rootd}/boot/initrd.img" ]; the
 	rm "${rootd}/boot/initrd.img"
 fi
 
+# Recommends of ubuntu-server that should not be included in cloud images by
+# default
+_xchroot "$rootd" env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+	apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwupd
+
 if [ "${SUBPROJECT:-}" = minimized ]; then
 	# Remove various packages that we don't want in the minimized images.
 	# Some of these are tools that don't make sense by default