diff --git a/scripts/subinstallers/cockpit.sh b/scripts/subinstallers/cockpit.sh
index da90569..50d69ec 100755
--- a/scripts/subinstallers/cockpit.sh
+++ b/scripts/subinstallers/cockpit.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ figlet "Mistborn: Installing Cockpit"
 if [ "$DISTRO" == "ubuntu" ]; then
     echo "Ubuntu backports enabled by default"
     
-    sudo apt-get install -y cockpit cockpit-docker
+    sudo apt-get install -y cockpit
+
+    if [ "$VERSION_ID" == "18.04" ]; then
+        # no longer supported upstream in Ubuntu 20.04
+        sudo apt-get install -y cockpit-docker
+    fi
 
 elif [ "$DISTRO" == "debian" ]; then
     sudo grep -qF "buster-backports" /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list \