diff --git a/target/linux/zynq/base-files.mk b/target/linux/zynq/base-files.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index fdd2c714b2..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/zynq/base-files.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-define Package/base-files/install-target
-	rm -f $(1)/etc/config/network
-endef
diff --git a/target/linux/zynq/base-files/etc/config/network b/target/linux/zynq/base-files/etc/config/network
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d74bda44f..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/zynq/base-files/etc/config/network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2015 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 ifname	eth0
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	192.168.1.1
-	option netmask	255.255.255.0
-	option ip6assign 60
-
-config globals globals
-	option ula_prefix auto