diff --git a/config/chroot_local-hooks/98-remove_unwanted_packages b/config/chroot_local-hooks/98-remove_unwanted_packages
index eef6dc2016df52aef6de948d933589fa67c68f5b..ce4d161c21e9cfb0dba8c58661d782028e2b702b 100755
--- a/config/chroot_local-hooks/98-remove_unwanted_packages
+++ b/config/chroot_local-hooks/98-remove_unwanted_packages
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ apt-get --yes purge  \
    mlocate \
    ncurses-term \
    nfs-common \
-   procmail \
    python3-reportbug \
    reportbug \
    telnet \
@@ -60,6 +59,12 @@ if is_package_installed mutt; then
     apt-get --yes purge mutt
 fi
 
+### Hotfix for 3.14: procmail is no longer known by apt in tagged
+### snapshots, likely because no longer pulled by monkeysphere:
+if is_package_installed procmail; then
+    apt-get --yes purge procmail
+fi
+
 ### Deinstall some other unwanted packages.
 apt-get --yes purge  \
     '^aptitude*' \