diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 19a1e64..6491ccb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Fixed
 Removed
 -------
 
+- Removed gnu-netcat from releng profile, as cloud-init requires openbsd-netcat and the two netcat versions can not be
+  installed side-by-side.
+
 [80] - 2024-09-26
 =================
 
diff --git a/configs/releng/packages.x86_64 b/configs/releng/packages.x86_64
index 724adbf..1e9a752 100644
--- a/configs/releng/packages.x86_64
+++ b/configs/releng/packages.x86_64
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ f2fs-tools
 fatresize
 foot-terminfo
 fsarchiver
-gnu-netcat
 gpart
 gpm
 gptfdisk