diff --git a/stage2/04-cloud-init/00-packages b/stage2/04-cloud-init/00-packages
index db064e6..4892d37 100644
--- a/stage2/04-cloud-init/00-packages
+++ b/stage2/04-cloud-init/00-packages
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 cloud-init
+rpi-cloud-init-mods
diff --git a/stage2/04-cloud-init/01-run.sh b/stage2/04-cloud-init/01-run.sh
index 5ccebdf..9a4622e 100755
--- a/stage2/04-cloud-init/01-run.sh
+++ b/stage2/04-cloud-init/01-run.sh
@@ -5,24 +5,8 @@ if [ "${ENABLE_CLOUD_INIT}" != "1" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-install -v -D -m 644 -t "${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/" files/99_raspberry-pi.cfg
-
-# some preseeding without any runtime effect yet
+# some preseeding without any runtime effect if not modified
 # install meta-data file for NoCloud data-source to work
-#install -v -m 755 files/meta-data "${ROOTFS_DIR}/boot/firmware/meta-data"
-#install -v -m 755 files/user-data "${ROOTFS_DIR}/boot/firmware/user-data"
-#install -v -m 755 files/network-config "${ROOTFS_DIR}/boot/firmware/network-config" 
-
-# setup default netplan config which will instruct netplan to pass control over to network-manager
-# at boot time. This will make NetworkManager manage all devices and by default. 
-# Any Ethernet device will come up with DHCP, once carrier is detected
-install -v -D -m 600 -t "${ROOTFS_DIR}/lib/netplan/" files/00-network-manager-all.yaml
-
-if [ -n "${FIRST_USER_NAME}" ]; then
-  # set the default user name to the one provided via FIRST_USER_NAME
-  # this will make cloud-init create the user with that name instead of 'pi'
-  sed -i "s/name: pi/name: ${FIRST_USER_NAME}/" "${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg"
-else
-  # remove the users:\n - default section from cloud.cfg
-  sed -i "/^users:/,/^- default/d" "${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg"
-fi
+install -v -m 755 files/meta-data "${ROOTFS_DIR}/boot/firmware/meta-data"
+install -v -m 755 files/user-data "${ROOTFS_DIR}/boot/firmware/user-data"
+install -v -m 755 files/network-config "${ROOTFS_DIR}/boot/firmware/network-config" 
diff --git a/stage2/04-cloud-init/README.txt b/stage2/04-cloud-init/README.txt
index cbe448d..00da52e 100644
--- a/stage2/04-cloud-init/README.txt
+++ b/stage2/04-cloud-init/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Cloud-init support for Raspberry Pi OS
+Cloud-Init support for Raspberry Pi OS
 
 Reference for Raspberry Pi custom cloud-init config module: https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/modules.html#raspberry-pi-configuration
 
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@ Reference for Raspberry Pi custom cloud-init config module: https://cloudinit.re
 
 - files/meta-data Cloud-init instance configuration
 
-- files/99_raspberry-pi.cfg Cloud-init datasource configuration
-
-- files/00-network-manager-all.yaml Example from netplan docs/ubuntu for handing over control from 
-netplan to NetworkManager by default.
diff --git a/stage2/04-cloud-init/files/00-network-manager-all.yaml b/stage2/04-cloud-init/files/00-network-manager-all.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b654768..0000000
--- a/stage2/04-cloud-init/files/00-network-manager-all.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-network:
-  version: 2
-  renderer: NetworkManager
diff --git a/stage2/04-cloud-init/files/99_raspberry-pi.cfg b/stage2/04-cloud-init/files/99_raspberry-pi.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 7134d90..0000000
--- a/stage2/04-cloud-init/files/99_raspberry-pi.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# configure cloud-init with NoCloud
-
-datasource_list: [ NoCloud, None ]
-datasource:
-  NoCloud:
-    seedfrom: file:///boot/firmware
-
-# Leave SSH key emission to console disabled so that
-# users can decide whether to enable it manually.
-ssh:
-  emit_keys_to_console: false
-no_ssh_fingerprints: true
-
-# Disable SSH host key generation
-# regenerate_ssh_host_keys.service will take care 
-# of it on first boot
-ssh_deletekeys: false
-# Disable generation as it could be that the new keys
-# aren't available yet when the service runs.
-# also they are really only needed for the ssh service
-# which will only run after the keys are already present
-# so we don't schedule cloud-init after key generation
-# as that would delay first boot too much
-ssh_genkeytypes: []