diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1828c0f8..66738e6f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.672) groovy; urgency=medium
+
+  [ David Krauser ]
+  * Boot with an initramfs by default in cloud images, except when
+    using a non-generic kernel.
+
+ -- Robert C Jennings <robert.jennings@canonical.com>  Fri, 10 Jul 2020 07:47:47 -0500
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.671) groovy; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix-up seeding snaps with tracks.
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index 5faf6093..dcfa46c9 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -944,4 +944,20 @@ replace_kernel () {
         install --assume-yes "${new_kernel}" 
     env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot "${mountpoint}" apt-get \
         autoremove --purge --assume-yes
+
+    # If running a custom kernel, we should try to boot without an initramfs
+    # We do this by setting GRUB_FORCE_PARTUUID, which forces initramfs-less boot
+    partuuid=$(blkid -s PARTUUID -o value $(findmnt -n -o SOURCE --target "${mountpoint}"))
+    if [ -n "${partuuid}" ]; then
+        echo "Force booting without an initramfs..."
+        mkdir -p "${mountpoint}/etc/default/grub.d"
+        cat << EOF >> "${mountpoint}/etc/default/grub.d/40-force-partuuid.cfg"
+# Force boot without an initramfs by setting GRUB_FORCE_PARTUUID
+# Remove this line to enable boot with an initramfs
+GRUB_FORCE_PARTUUID=${partuuid}
+EOF
+        divert_grub "${mountpoint}"
+        chroot "${mountpoint}" update-grub
+        undivert_grub "${mountpoint}"
+    fi
 }
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary
index 98c08f81..2d298ec9 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image-uefi.binary
@@ -73,14 +73,6 @@ install_grub() {
     efi_boot_dir="/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT"
     chroot mountpoint mkdir -p "${efi_boot_dir}"
 
-    if [ -n "$partuuid" ]; then
-        # FIXME: code duplicated between disk-image.binary
-        # and disk-image-uefi.binary.  We want to fix this to not
-        # have initramfs-tools installed at all on these images.
-        echo "partuuid found for root device; omitting initrd"
-        echo "GRUB_FORCE_PARTUUID=$partuuid" >> mountpoint/etc/default/grub.d/40-force-partuuid.cfg
-    fi
-
     chroot mountpoint apt-get -y update
 
     # UEFI GRUB modules are meant to be used equally by Secure Boot and
@@ -154,8 +146,6 @@ create_empty_disk_image "${disk_image}"
 create_partitions "${disk_image}"
 mount_image "${disk_image}" 1
 
-partuuid=$(blkid -s PARTUUID -o value "$rootfs_dev_mapper")
-
 # Copy the chroot in to the disk
 make_ext4_partition "${rootfs_dev_mapper}"
 mkdir mountpoint
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image.binary
index 5884fe61..14e9bc65 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/disk-image.binary
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ create_empty_partition "${disk_image}" "$ROOTPART" "$ROOTPART_START" -1 ext2 "$R
 
 mount_image "${disk_image}" "$ROOTPART"
 
-partuuid=$(blkid -s PARTUUID -o value "$rootfs_dev_mapper")
-
 # Copy the chroot in to the disk
 make_ext4_partition "${rootfs_dev_mapper}"
 mkdir mountpoint
@@ -122,15 +120,6 @@ if [ "${should_install_grub}" -eq 1 ]; then
         ${loop_device}
 
     rm mountpoint/tmp/device.map
-
-	if [ -n "$partuuid" ]; then
-		echo "partuuid found for root device; forcing it in Grub"
-		mkdir -p mountpoint/etc/default/grub.d
-		echo "GRUB_FORCE_PARTUUID=$partuuid" >> mountpoint/etc/default/grub.d/40-force-partuuid.cfg
-		divert_grub mountpoint
-		chroot mountpoint update-grub
-		undivert_grub mountpoint
-	fi
 fi
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "s390x" ]; then
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/kvm-image.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/kvm-image.binary
index 094cb375..f9782d0b 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/kvm-image.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/kvm-image.binary
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ replace_kernel ${mount_d} "linux-kvm"
 chroot "${mount_d}" update-grub
 undivert_grub "${mount_d}"
 
-env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot "${mount_d}" rm \
-    -rf /boot/initrd.img-* /boot/initrd.img
-
 # Remove indices 
 env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot "${mount_d}" apt-get \
     clean