diff --git a/elements/cloud-init-nocloud/README.md b/elements/cloud-init-nocloud/README.md
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+Configures cloud-init to only use on-disk metadata/userdata sources. This
+will avoid a boot delay of 2 minutes while polling for cloud data sources
+such as the EC2 metadata service.
diff --git a/elements/cloud-init-nocloud/install.d/05-set-cloud-init-sources b/elements/cloud-init-nocloud/install.d/05-set-cloud-init-sources
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+printf "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n" \
+    cloud-init cloud-init/datasources multiselect "NoCloud, None" | \
+        debconf-set-selections
+DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg-reconfigure cloud-init