diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a617034d..db870373 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.435) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * live-build/auto/config: Don't remove .pyc files any more - we don't care
+    *that* much about the small space gain these days, and would prefer the
+    speed win. (LP: #1627190)
+
+ -- Iain Lane <iain.lane@canonical.com>  Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:58:27 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.434) yakkety; urgency=medium
 
   * Update the 00-uid-gid-fix.chroot_early hook for touch to include the new
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index ee0431de..ac068d83 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -575,10 +575,8 @@ add_chroot_hook remove-openssh-server-host-keys
 add_chroot_hook remove-udev-persistent-rules
 
 case $PROJECT in
-	ubuntu-server|ubuntu-cpc)
-		;;
-
-	*)
+	# if any flavours want to strip .pyc files from their live images, add them here
+	_)
 		add_chroot_hook remove-python-py
 		;;
 esac