diff --git a/live/src/agama-installer.changes b/live/src/agama-installer.changes
index 93a512c38f..b40e4dbe00 100644
--- a/live/src/agama-installer.changes
+++ b/live/src/agama-installer.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 30 14:54:18 UTC 2025 - Ladislav Slezák <lslezak@suse.com>
+
+- Fixed creating the /LiveOS/.packages.json.gz file in SLE builds
+  (gh#agama-project/agama#2771)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 16 07:21:28 UTC 2025 - Josef Reidinger <jreidinger@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/live/src/config.sh b/live/src/config.sh
index 1aac6efedf..d5c71012c7 100644
--- a/live/src/config.sh
+++ b/live/src/config.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ REPO="/etc/zypp/repos.d/agama-${DISTRO}.repo"
 if [ -f "${REPO}.disabled" ]; then
   mv "${REPO}.disabled" $REPO
 fi
-rm /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.disabled
+rm -f /etc/zypp/repos.d/*.disabled
 
 # configure the repositories in the Live system
 # import the OBS key for the systemsmanagement OBS project
diff --git a/live/src/fix_bootconfig b/live/src/fix_bootconfig
index 4fe76f192e..74214ef9ec 100644
--- a/live/src/fix_bootconfig
+++ b/live/src/fix_bootconfig
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ if [ -n "\$target_dir" ]; then
   # array and also for formatting the final JSON output
   rpm --root "\$mount_dir2" -qa --queryformat \\
     '\\{"name":"%{NAME}","version":"%{VERSION}","release":"%{RELEASE}","arch":"%{ARCH}"\\}' \\
-    | jq -s 'sort_by(.name|ascii_downcase)' | gzip > "\$target_dir/LiveOS/.packages.json.gz"
+    | chroot "\$mount_dir2" /usr/bin/jq -s 'sort_by(.name|ascii_downcase)' \\
+    | gzip > "\$target_dir/LiveOS/.packages.json.gz"
 
   # copy the build info file if present
   if [ -f "\$mount_dir2"/var/log/build/info ]; then