diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6044f166..ca55a5f5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.582) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Don't purge busybox-static in minimized, no longer installed
+
+ -- Julian Andres Klode <juliank@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 13 May 2019 14:22:38 +0200
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.581) eoan; urgency=medium
 
   * Remove device nodes later for ubuntu-base:minimized (i.e. docker) builds.
diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index b07caad7..c036cbf0 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ EOF
 			# would only be seen by humans
 			Chroot chroot "env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
 				apt-get -y purge initramfs-tools busybox-initramfs \
-					busybox-static landscape-common"
+					landscape-common"
 			# and if initramfs-tools was configured before our kernel,
 			# /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools will have created
 			# an initramfs despite the generic dpkg-divert; so remove it