diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 89e25277..9935d24f 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ mkdir -p config
 cp -af /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/functions config/functions
 cp -af /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/lb_*_layered config/
 cp -af /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/snap-seed-parse.py config/snap-seed-parse
-cp -af /usr/share/livecd-rootfs/live-build/squashfs-exclude-files config/
 
 mkdir -p config/package-lists
 
diff --git a/live-build/functions b/live-build/functions
index e4b90425..e9d06d22 100644
--- a/live-build/functions
+++ b/live-build/functions
@@ -289,17 +289,6 @@ create_vmdk() {
     rm -rf ${scratch_d}
 }
 
-create_squashfs() {
-    local config_dir rootfs_dir squashfs_file
-    rootfs_dir="$1"
-    squashfs_file="$2"
-    config_dir="$PWD/config"
-    (cd $rootfs_dir &&
-        mksquashfs . $squashfs_file -no-progress -xattrs -comp xz \
-            -ef "$config_dir/squashfs-exclude-files")
-
-}
-
 create_derivative() {
     # arg1 is the disk type
     # arg2 is the new name
diff --git a/live-build/squashfs-exclude-files b/live-build/squashfs-exclude-files
deleted file mode 100644
index bcdcb274..00000000
--- a/live-build/squashfs-exclude-files
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-etc/fstab
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/root-squashfs.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/root-squashfs.binary
index bc56bc42..873cee59 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/root-squashfs.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/base/root-squashfs.binary
@@ -8,15 +8,14 @@ if [ -n "$SUBARCH" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-. config/functions
-
 # This is the directory created by create-root-dir.binary
 rootfs_dir=rootfs.dir
 
 squashfs_f="$PWD/livecd.ubuntu-cpc.squashfs"
 
 cp $rootfs_dir.manifest $squashfs_f.manifest
-# fstab is omitted from the squashfs
-grep -v '^/etc/fstab$' $rootfs_dir.filelist >$squashfs_f.filelist
+cp $rootfs_dir.filelist $squashfs_f.filelist
 
-create_squashfs $rootfs_dir $squashfs_f
+(cd $rootfs_dir &&
+      mksquashfs . $squashfs_f \
+        -no-progress -xattrs -comp xz )
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/030-root-squashfs.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/030-root-squashfs.binary
index 148490e9..41c15001 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/030-root-squashfs.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/030-root-squashfs.binary
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ squashfs_f_manifest="${squashfs_f}.manifest"
 
 create_manifest "binary/boot/squashfs.dir" "${squashfs_f_manifest}"
 
-create_squashfs "binary/boot/squashfs.dir/" ${squashfs_f}
+(cd "binary/boot/squashfs.dir/" &&
+      mksquashfs . ${squashfs_f} \
+        -no-progress -xattrs -comp xz )
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/032-installer-squashfs.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/032-installer-squashfs.binary
index a86deb35..c12c8bf1 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/032-installer-squashfs.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/032-installer-squashfs.binary
@@ -91,4 +91,6 @@ find $OVERLAY_ROOT/var/lib/snapd/ -name 'lxd_*.snap' -delete
 
 squashfs_f="${PWD}/livecd.${PROJECT}.installer.squashfs"
 
-create_squashfs "$OVERLAY_ROOT/" ${squashfs_f}
+(cd "$OVERLAY_ROOT/" &&
+      mksquashfs . ${squashfs_f} \
+        -no-progress -xattrs -comp xz )