diff --git a/scripts/00-update b/scripts/00-update
index dbf4a41c1b5ca536f75f13dc87269a8d47f13b32..5a1769b441599e453ad61919e2cea073bb9cd385 100755
--- a/scripts/00-update
+++ b/scripts/00-update
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ echo "deb http://$LEHOST $LEMIRROR main" \
 echo "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner" \
         >> "$CHROOTDIR"/etc/apt/sources.list.d/java-repos.list
 
-echo "deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
+if [[ "$1" != minicom/* ]]; then
+    echo "deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
 deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted
 deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted
 deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe
 deb http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe
 deb-src http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe"
     >> "$CHROOTDIR"/etc/apt/sources.list.d/quantal-repos.list
+fi
 
 chroot "$CHROOTDIR" wget http://windu.c3sl.ufpr.br/le/public.key -O /dev/stdout \
     > "$TMP"/windu.key
diff --git a/scripts/35-upgrade-gnome b/scripts/35-upgrade-gnome
index 06dade7b4b385fc34f4ab778835c57fc72be5a17..07a4979be545305b77d279bb0367de50a8735a62 100755
--- a/scripts/35-upgrade-gnome
+++ b/scripts/35-upgrade-gnome
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ loadConf "$PREFIX/conf/$1/create-iso.conf" $1
 initChroot
 
 # Changes distro
-chroot "$CHROOTDIR" apt-get update
-chroot "$CHROOTDIR" apt-get -y --force-yes -t quantal install \
-    gnome-session libcogl9 gnome-session-fallback
+if [[ "$1" != minicom/* ]]; then
+    chroot "$CHROOTDIR" apt-get update
+    chroot "$CHROOTDIR" apt-get -y --force-yes -t quantal install \
+        gnome-session libcogl9 gnome-session-fallback
+fi
 
 # Manually installing casper after all other packages should fix some initctl failures according to
 # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/984276