diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c55b3aad..d16c9d49 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (0.88) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Make the sort file fetch a no-op for now, since the old URL was
+    hanging the builds, and we don't actually HAVE sort files.  If
+    that ever changes, we can undo this.
+
+ -- Adam Conrad <adconrad@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:22:51 -0600
+
 livecd-rootfs (0.87) karmic; urgency=low
 
   [ Timo Aaltonen ]
diff --git a/livecd.sh b/livecd.sh
index d5dcbe18..96bf75cb 100755
--- a/livecd.sh
+++ b/livecd.sh
@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ ${COMMENT}deb-src ${SECSRCMIRROR} ${STE}-security multiverse
   livefs_squash()
   {
     squashsort="http://people.ubuntu.com/~tfheen/livesort/${FSS}.list.${TARGETARCH}"
-    if wget -O livecd.${FSS}.sort ${squashsort} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    #if wget -O livecd.${FSS}.sort ${squashsort} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if false; then
       echo "Using the squashfs sort list from ${squashsort}."
     else
       echo "Unable to fetch squashfs sort list; using a blank list."