diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1709a72e..404a32bb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.71) quantal; urgency=low
+
+  * live-build/auto/config: Don't purge .pyc files on ubuntu-server images.
+  * live-build/auto/config: Build ubuntu-server with
+    --debian-installer=live.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:57:59 +0100
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.70) quantal; urgency=low
 
   * live-build/auto/config: Don't install lupin-casper on ubuntu-server
diff --git a/live-build/auto/config b/live-build/auto/config
index 8cf7ef87..7922bb13 100755
--- a/live-build/auto/config
+++ b/live-build/auto/config
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ case $PROJECT in
 		add_task install minimal standard server
 		COMPONENTS='main'
 		PREINSTALL_POOL_SEEDS='server-ship'
+		OPTS="${OPTS:+$OPTS }--debian-installer=live"
 		;;
 
 	ubuntu-core)
@@ -284,7 +285,9 @@ boot/initrd.img-*
 EOF
 fi
 
-ln -s /usr/share/live/build/examples/hooks/all_chroot_pyc-purge.sh config/chroot_local-hooks/
+if [ "$PROJECT" != ubuntu-server ]; then
+	ln -s /usr/share/live/build/examples/hooks/all_chroot_pyc-purge.sh config/chroot_local-hooks/
+fi
 
 case $PROJECT in
 	kubuntu|kubuntu-active)