diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3d43209f..8e43f1c4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.457) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Enable systemd-networkd by default.
+    - Usually, netplan's systemd-generator enables systemd-networkd and
+    systemd-networkd-wait-online on boot. But netplan configuration is not
+    yet generated at that point by cloud-init. Cloud-init generates in the
+    network-pre.target and expects the network.target /
+    network-online.target to work. These are already part of the ongoing
+    systemd transaction, thus cannot be injected into the boot-sequency by
+    cloud-init local mode. Therefore make sure cloud images include
+    networkd in the initial boot transaction.
+    - src:systemd will shortly not enable networkd unconditionally by
+    default.
+  * Drop ifupdown e-n-i configuration files, no longer used.
+
+ -- Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:14:37 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.456) artful; urgency=medium
 
   * Improve teardown_mountpoint to recursively find all submounts and
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/network/interfaces b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/network/interfaces
deleted file mode 100644
index bb161e72..00000000
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/network/interfaces
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
-# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
-
-# The loopback network interface
-auto lo
-iface lo inet loopback
-
-# Source interfaces
-# Please check /etc/network/interfaces.d before changing this file
-# as interfaces may have been defined in /etc/network/interfaces.d
-# See LP: #1262951
-source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*.cfg
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-networkd.service b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-networkd.service
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..3c55b243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-networkd.service
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..3b627c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-networkd.socket b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-networkd.socket
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..bcfcdbac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/systemd-networkd.socket
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.socket
\ No newline at end of file