diff --git a/target/linux/sibyte/base-files/etc/config/network b/target/linux/sibyte/base-files/etc/config/network
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b65652f06b..00000000000
--- a/target/linux/sibyte/base-files/etc/config/network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
-
-config interface loopback
-	option ifname	lo
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	127.0.0.1
-	option netmask	255.0.0.0
-
-config interface lan
-	option type 	bridge
-	option ifname	"eth0 ath0"
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	192.168.1.1
-	option netmask	255.255.255.0