diff --git a/package/network/ipv6/6relayd/Makefile b/package/network/ipv6/6relayd/Makefile
index d6d530dcad..2bf9fd0d0c 100644
--- a/package/network/ipv6/6relayd/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/ipv6/6relayd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=6relayd
-PKG_VERSION:=2013-01-21.1
+PKG_VERSION:=2013-01-28
 PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/network/ipv6/6relayd/files/6relayd.init b/package/network/ipv6/6relayd/files/6relayd.init
index f35f80c609..82cd24de4a 100644
--- a/package/network/ipv6/6relayd/files/6relayd.init
+++ b/package/network/ipv6/6relayd/files/6relayd.init
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ start_6relayd() {
 			master="$slave"
 		else
 			[ -n "$slave" ] && append slaves "$slave"
-			echo 1 > "/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$slave/forwarding"
 		fi
 	done