diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/010-write-etc-ec2-version.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/010-write-etc-ec2-version.chroot
deleted file mode 100755
index daa18de7..00000000
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks.d/chroot/010-write-etc-ec2-version.chroot
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eux
-
-. /etc/os-release
-echo "Ubuntu $VERSION" > /etc/ec2_version