diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/root-dir b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/root-dir
index 32a02423..b41635af 100644
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/root-dir
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/root-dir
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+# Include disk-image to ensure livecd.ubuntu-cpc.ext4 is consistent
 depends disk-image
 base/create-root-dir.binary
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/squashfs b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/squashfs
index aee4ce40..6d2cb910 100644
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/squashfs
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/squashfs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Include disk-image to ensure livecd.ubuntu-cpc.ext4 is consistent
 depends disk-image
 depends root-dir
 base/root-squashfs.binary
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/tarball b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/tarball
index b0634f47..184046c2 100644
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/tarball
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/series/tarball
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# Include disk-image to ensure livecd.ubuntu-cpc.ext4 is consistent
 depends disk-image
 depends root-dir
 base/root-xz.binary
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/make-hooks b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/make-hooks
index 7796be3d..08ae45be 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/make-hooks
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/make-hooks
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class MakeHooks:
             with open(series_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
                 for line in fp:
                     line = line.strip()
-                    if not line:
+                    if not line or line.startswith("#"):
                         continue
                     m = re.match(r"^\s*depends\s+(\S+.*)$", line)
                     if m: