diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fa76d56a..67f6d443 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.525.27~ppa2) bionic; urgency=medium
+
+  * Disable HWE stack to get our custom generic kernel.
+
+ -- Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 31 May 2019 11:13:42 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.525.27~ppa1) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   * Seed snaps from stable, cause channels are msising.
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 43aa40d8..44c421e8 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ esac
 
 case $PROJECT in
 	ubuntu|ubuntu-dvd)
-		HWE="yes"
 		KERNEL_FLAVOURS="generic${HWE:+-$HWE_SUFFIX}"
 		add_task install minimal standard ubuntu-desktop
 		LIVE_TASK='ubuntu-live'