diff --git a/releases/2008.0/ChangeLog b/releases/2008.0/ChangeLog
index 69acb7f2..c19a7c45 100644
--- a/releases/2008.0/ChangeLog
+++ b/releases/2008.0/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2008 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
 # $Header: $
 
+  11 Jun 2008; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org>
+  specs/x86/i686/livecd-stage1.spec:
+  Comment out thunderbird and openoffice on i686 livecd for space reasons
+
   11 Jun 2008; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org> scripts/livecd.sh:
   Clear out /boot in the squashfs
   Copy System.map instead of moving from /usr/livecd
diff --git a/releases/2008.0/specs/x86/i686/livecd-stage1.spec b/releases/2008.0/specs/x86/i686/livecd-stage1.spec
index 2dbb55e3..27632a0f 100644
--- a/releases/2008.0/specs/x86/i686/livecd-stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/2008.0/specs/x86/i686/livecd-stage1.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ livecd/packages:
 	app-misc/mc
 	app-misc/screen
 	app-misc/vlock
-	app-office/openoffice-bin
+### Removed for space reasons
+#	app-office/openoffice-bin
 	app-portage/gentoolkit
 	app-portage/mirrorselect
 	app-portage/ufed
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ livecd/packages:
 	dev-util/git
 	dev-util/subversion
 	gnome-base/gdm
-	mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird
+### Removed for space reasons
+#	mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird
 	media-gfx/fbgrab
 #	media-sound/audacious
 	net-analyzer/netcat