diff --git a/target/linux/ixp4xx-2.6/base-files.mk b/target/linux/ixp4xx-2.6/base-files.mk
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index d6682bd388..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/ixp4xx-2.6/base-files.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-define Package/base-files/install-target
-	rm -f $(1)/etc/config/network
-endef
-
-
diff --git a/target/linux/ixp4xx-2.6/base-files/default/etc/init.d/netconfig b/target/linux/ixp4xx-2.6/base-files/default/etc/init.d/netconfig
deleted file mode 100755
index ded5f4b8d6..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/ixp4xx-2.6/base-files/default/etc/init.d/netconfig
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@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
-
-START=15
-
-# hardware
-#  the 'Hardware' string from cpuinfo
-hardware(){
-	sed -n 's!^Hardware	*: !!p' /proc/cpuinfo
-}
-#
-# machine
-#  outputs an identifier of the current machine - i.e. the board
-#  slugos is running on.
-machine(){
-	case "$(hardware)" in
-	*Avila*)	echo avila;;
-	*Loft*)		echo loft;;
-	*NAS?100d*)	echo nas100d;;
-	*DSM?G600*)	echo dsmg600;;
-	*NSLU2*)	echo nslu2;;
-	*FSG?3*)	echo fsg3;;
-	*Gateway?7001*)	echo gateway7001;;
-	*)		echo unknown;;
-	esac
-}
-
-start() {
-	[ -e /etc/config/network ] && exit 0
-
-	mkdir -p /etc/config
-
-	(
-		case "$(machine)" in
-			nslu2)
-				sysconf=$(find_mtd_part "SysConf")
-				echo model=nslu2
-				strings $sysconf ;;
-			nas100d)
-				sysconf=$(find_mtd_part "sysconfig")
-				echo model=nas100d
-				strings $sysconf ;;
-			*)
-				echo model=$(machine) ;;
-		esac
-	) | awk '
-	function p(cfgname, name) {
-		if (c[name] != "") print "	option " cfgname "	\"" c[name] "\""
-	}
-
-	BEGIN {
-		FS="="
-	}
-	
-	{	c[$1] = $2	}
-	
-	END {
-		print "#### Loopback configuration"
-		print "config interface loopback"
-		print "	option ifname	\"lo\""
-		print "	option proto	static"
-		print "	option ipaddr	127.0.0.1"
-		print "	option netmask	255.0.0.0"
-		print ""
-		print ""
-		print "#### LAN configuration"
-		print "config interface lan"
-		print "	option ifname	\"eth0\""
-		if ((c["model"] == "nslu2") || (c["model"] == "nas100d")) {
-			p("proto", "bootproto")
-			p("ipaddr", "ip_addr")
-			p("netmask", "netmask")
-			p("gateway", "gateway")
-			p("dns", "dns_server1")
-			p("hostname", "disk_server_name")
-		}
-		else {
-			print "	option proto	dhcp"
-		}
-	}' > /etc/config/network
-
-	ifup loopback
-	ifup lan
-}