diff --git a/live-build/auto/build b/live-build/auto/build
index 8ca3916b..90b96033 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/build
+++ b/live-build/auto/build
@@ -91,39 +91,6 @@ if [ "${IMAGEFORMAT:-}" = "ubuntu-image" ]; then
 
 	export SNAPPY_STORE_NO_CDN=1
 	snap install --classic --channel=stable ubuntu-image
-	apt install mtools grub-common
-
-
-	ubuntu-image classic -w workdir $UBUNTU_IMAGE_ARGS --debug \
-		-O output "$PREFIX".yaml
-
-	ls workdir/
-	cd workdir
-	chroot chroot snap download snapd
-        chroot chroot mount -t fuse.snapfuse -o ro,x-gdu.hide,x-gvfs-hide,allow_other snapd_19122.snap mnt/
-	chroot chroot ls mnt/
-
-	echo "Now doing separate chroot tests"
-
-	wget http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/daily/current/mantic-base-amd64.tar.gz
-	mkdir base
-	tar -C base -zxf mantic-base-amd64.tar.gz
-	cp /etc/resolv.conf base/etc/
-	mkdir -p base/sys/kernel/security
-	mkdir -p base/sys/fs/cgroup
-	mount --bind /dev base/dev
-	mount --bind /proc base/proc
-	mount --bind /sys/kernel/security base/sys/kernel/security
-	mount --bind /sys/fs/cgroup/ base/sys/fs/cgroup
-	chroot base apt update
-	chroot base apt install -y snapd
-	chroot base snap download snapd
-        chroot base mount -t fuse.snapfuse -o ro,x-gdu.hide,x-gvfs-hide,allow_other snapd_19122.snap mnt/
-	chroot base ls mnt/
-
-	echo "We got here"
-
-	exit 0
 
 	# TODO: eventually, this should be handled by a single ubuntu-image
 	#  call without having to do a conditional on ubuntu-core/classic.