diff --git a/lib/mk.chroot.sh b/lib/mk.chroot.sh
index 025d6c9..466d40e 100755
--- a/lib/mk.chroot.sh
+++ b/lib/mk.chroot.sh
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ EOF
     ln -s /dev/null ${i}/etc/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service
     ln -s /dev/null ${i}/etc/systemd/system/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
     # Remove the machine-id file so it's automatically generated.
-    rm -f ${i}/etc/machine-id
+    # NOTE: this kind of fucks things up presently.
+    #rm -f ${i}/etc/machine-id
     # Prep pacman
     echo "Prepping ${i}. This will take a while..."
     echo -n "...Key initializing..."