diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/ubuntu-minimal/pre-install.d/01-ubuntu-apt-update b/diskimage_builder/elements/ubuntu-minimal/pre-install.d/01-ubuntu-apt-update
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-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
-# implied.
-#
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
-    set -x
-fi
-set -eu
-set -o pipefail
-
-# We should manage this in a betterer way
-cat << EOF >/etc/apt/sources.list
-deb $DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR $DIB_RELEASE ${DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS//,/ }
-deb $DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR $DIB_RELEASE-updates ${DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS//,/ }
-deb $DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR $DIB_RELEASE-backports ${DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS//,/ }
-deb $DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR $DIB_RELEASE-security ${DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS//,/ }
-EOF
-
-# Need to update to retrieve the signed Release file
-apt-get update
-
-apt-get clean
-apt-get dist-upgrade -y