diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7811799..3cc4fb4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -133,32 +133,11 @@ RUN mkdir /etc/sysusers.d \
     && echo 'u  _runit-log  -  "runit svlogd user"  /nonexistent  /sbin/nologin' \
         > /etc/sysusers.d/runit.conf
 
-# ca-certificates, nix-bin and runit, from Ubuntu's archive as it was at
-# the snapshot moment, which is never earlier than the Ubuntu image above.
-# apt checks every package against the snapshot's InRelease files, and
-# this step checks those against the hashes named here, which are those
-# of the amd64 archive: other architectures use Ubuntu's ports archive.
-# apt also fetches the live archive's InRelease files, which change daily
-# and which the install does not use. The snapshot service is HTTPS only
-# and this image has no CA certificates yet, so this step uses the Go
-# image's. The snapshot service answers 503 at times; apt retries a
-# failed download, waiting twice as long before each retry, and this
-# step gives it five retries, about half a minute in all, where its
-# default of three gives up after seven seconds.
-RUN --mount=type=bind,from=builder,source=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt,target=/tmp/go-image-ca.crt \
-    apt-get update --snapshot 20261001T000000Z \
-        -o Acquire::https::CaInfo=/tmp/go-image-ca.crt \
-        -o Acquire::Retries=5 \
-    && printf '%s\n' \
-        '45f95ce276cdba3e41870516a130e03c58b8b7a79e9546b0efe9e526d255740c  snapshot.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_20261001T000000Z_dists_resolute_InRelease' \
-        '802e675dd9de4c7f3916434a95e7c1d8eec0e82886622d7805ab19a2c6fe0365  snapshot.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_20261001T000000Z_dists_resolute-updates_InRelease' \
-        '64b3353f0bd4970b4f7271962245bcea9ff24d4cc7bea16b433f8a60e42ca3dd  snapshot.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_20261001T000000Z_dists_resolute-backports_InRelease' \
-        '1d5041572116a8b23aabf79ac7439ad8af83d57ad3fb0f9aa0d4523ec10c5908  snapshot.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_20261001T000000Z_dists_resolute-security_InRelease' \
-        | (cd /var/lib/apt/lists && sha256sum --check --strict) \
+# ca-certificates, nix-bin and runit, from Ubuntu's normal mirrors: the
+# live archive the image's own sources name, over plain HTTP, so no CA
+# certificate is needed and none is borrowed from the Go image.
+RUN apt-get update \
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends \
-        --snapshot 20261001T000000Z \
-        -o Acquire::https::CaInfo=/tmp/go-image-ca.crt \
-        -o Acquire::Retries=5 \
         ca-certificates nix-bin runit \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/SPEC.md b/SPEC.md
index d2d6f01..2770c59 100644
--- a/SPEC.md
+++ b/SPEC.md
@@ -1544,20 +1544,12 @@ It sets no `ENTRYPOINT` or `USER` of its own. The container must start
 
 - The image is Ubuntu's newest long-term support release, pinned by digest, and
   moves to the next LTS release when that ships. Its packages come from Ubuntu's
-  snapshot service, the archive as it was at the moment the Dockerfile names,
-  rather than the live archive, whose packages change with every update. The
-  snapshot is never older than the pinned Ubuntu image, since older packages can
-  need older versions of packages the image holds, and it moves forward with the
-  image's digest. The Dockerfile names the hash of each of the snapshot's
-  `InRelease` files, which cover every package list and so every package, and
-  the build checks them before installing. The live archive's `InRelease` files,
-  which `apt-get update` also fetches and the install does not use, are left out
-  of the check. The hashes are the amd64 archive's, so the image is built for
-  amd64 only.
+  normal mirrors, the live archive the image's own sources name, whose packages
+  change with every update.
 - The Ubuntu image has no CA certificates. Without them Nix cannot download
   packages and `servewaf` cannot reach GeoJS, so `ca-certificates` is installed
-  by name. The snapshot itself is fetched over HTTPS with the CA certificates of
-  the Go image that builds `smallwebwaf`, itself pinned by digest.
+  by name. The archive is reached over plain HTTP, so the install needs no CA
+  certificate from the builder.
 - nixpkgs comes from a release file on `releases.nixos.org`, named with its
   hash, not from a GitHub archive, whose bytes can change. Root uses Nix
   directly; no Nix daemon runs. `nix-bin` creates no build users, so
diff --git a/docs/image.md b/docs/image.md
index 126532c..fa49b1b 100644
--- a/docs/image.md
+++ b/docs/image.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ is pinned that way.
 ## Contents
 
 - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, pinned by digest.
-- `ca-certificates`, `nix-bin` and `runit` from Ubuntu, from the snapshot of its
-  archive at `20261001T000000Z`.
+- `ca-certificates`, `nix-bin` and `runit` from Ubuntu's normal mirrors, the
+  live archive, not a dated snapshot.
 - Nix, with nixpkgs `nixos-26.05.11045.774debe7a0d1` set up for root as
   `nixpkgs`. No Nix daemon; `build-users-group =` in `/etc/nix/nix.conf`. Root's
   Nix profile, `/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin`, last on the `PATH`.
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ is pinned that way.
 
 ## Pins
 
-- Ubuntu's packages: the snapshot service, `--snapshot 20261001T000000Z` on both
-  `apt-get update` and `apt-get install`. The SHA-256 hash of each of the
-  snapshot's `InRelease` files is named in the `Dockerfile` and checked after
-  `apt-get update`. The hashes are the amd64 archive's.
+- Ubuntu's packages are not pinned: they come from the live archive, whose
+  packages change with every update.
 - nixpkgs: the release file `nixexprs.tar.xz` of
   `nixos-26.05.11045.774debe7a0d1` on `releases.nixos.org`, named with its
   SHA-256 hash.