diff --git a/package/network/ipv6/6in4/Makefile b/package/network/ipv6/6in4/Makefile
index 08696ef7a89..331295ba7ad 100644
--- a/package/network/ipv6/6in4/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/ipv6/6in4/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=6in4
-PKG_RELEASE:=26
+PKG_RELEASE:=27
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/package/network/ipv6/6in4/files/6in4.sh b/package/network/ipv6/6in4/files/6in4.sh
index 5b5c7b36af9..d0904952fdf 100755
--- a/package/network/ipv6/6in4/files/6in4.sh
+++ b/package/network/ipv6/6in4/files/6in4.sh
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ proto_6in4_setup() {
 
 proto_6in4_teardown() {
 	local cfg="$1"
+	local link="6in4-$cfg"
+	ip link del $link
 }
 
 proto_6in4_init_config() {