Index: cloud-init-17.1/cloudinit/util.py
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--- cloud-init-17.1.orig/cloudinit/util.py
+++ cloud-init-17.1/cloudinit/util.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import copy as obj_copy
 import ctypes
+import distro
 import email
 import glob
 import grp
@@ -586,7 +587,7 @@ def system_info():
         'release': platform.release(),
         'python': platform.python_version(),
         'uname': platform.uname(),
-        'dist': platform.dist(),  # pylint: disable=W1505
+        'dist': distro.linux_distribution(full_distribution_name=False),
     }
     system = info['system'].lower()
     var = 'unknown'