diff --git a/package/network/config/netifd/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-sysctl b/package/network/config/netifd/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-sysctl
deleted file mode 100644
index ff2ab49c4b..0000000000
--- a/package/network/config/netifd/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-sysctl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Skip fake devices (e.g. relayd)
-grep -qs "^ *$DEVICE:" /proc/net/dev || exit 0
-
-case "$ACTION" in
-	ifup)
-		include /lib/network
-		scan_interfaces
-	;;
-esac
-