diff -Nru livecd-rootfs-2.658/debian/changelog livecd-rootfs-2.659/debian/changelog
--- livecd-rootfs-2.658/debian/changelog	2020-04-08 08:03:21.000000000 +0000
+++ livecd-rootfs-2.659/debian/changelog	2020-04-09 19:16:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.659) focal; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix logic to ensure snapd is seeded in core18-only images (LP: #1871919)
+
+ -- Robert C Jennings <robert.jennings@canonical.com>  Thu, 09 Apr 2020 14:16:40 -0500
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.658) focal; urgency=medium
 
   * Remove some deprecated raspi2 special-casing, switch the main universal
diff -Nru livecd-rootfs-2.658/live-build/functions livecd-rootfs-2.659/live-build/functions
--- livecd-rootfs-2.658/live-build/functions	2020-04-08 07:58:46.000000000 +0000
+++ livecd-rootfs-2.659/live-build/functions	2020-04-09 19:16:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -541,11 +541,7 @@
     echo -n "    file: " >> $seed_yaml
     (cd $snaps_dir; ls -1 ${SNAP_NAME}_*.snap) >> $seed_yaml
 
-    # If $core_snap is the empty string then SNAP itself *may be* a core snap,
-    # and we run some post-processing logic.
-    if [ -z "$core_snap" ]; then
-        _snap_post_process $CHROOT_ROOT $SNAP_NAME
-    fi
+    _snap_post_process $CHROOT_ROOT $SNAP_NAME
 }
 
 snap_prepare_assertions() {
@@ -624,12 +620,6 @@
     local CUSTOM_BRAND_MODEL=${2:-generic:generic-classic}
 
     snap_prepare_assertions "$CHROOT_ROOT" "$CUSTOM_BRAND_MODEL"
-
-    # ubuntu-cpc:minimized has its own special snap handling
-    if [ "$PROJECT:${SUBPROJECT:-}" != ubuntu-cpc:minimized ]; then
-        # Download the core snap
-        _snap_preseed "$CHROOT_ROOT" core stable
-    fi
 }
 
 snap_preseed() {