diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/02-installer-bits.chroot_early b/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/02-installer-bits.chroot_early
index 84a3486a..c659c8e3 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/02-installer-bits.chroot_early
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/02-installer-bits.chroot_early
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ esac
 cat <<EOF > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/casperize.conf
 export CASPER_GENERATE_UUID=1
 EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/default-layer.conf
+LAYERFS_PATH=${PASS}.squashfs
+EOF
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/03-kernel-metapkg.chroot_early b/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/03-kernel-metapkg.chroot_early
deleted file mode 100755
index 2c7a8878..00000000
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-server/hooks/03-kernel-metapkg.chroot_early
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -ex
-# vi: ts=4 noexpandtab
-
-case $PASS in
-    ubuntu-server-minimal.ubuntu-server.installer.*.*)
-        exit 0
-        ;;
-    ubuntu-server-minimal.ubuntu-server.installer.*)
-        ;;
-    *)
-        exit 0
-        ;;
-esac
-
-cat <<EOF > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/default-layer.conf
-LAYERFS_PATH=${PASS}.squashfs
-EOF