diff --git a/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg b/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg
index e9dd425e..a730a25b 100644
--- a/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg
+++ b/kickstart/files/kickstart.cfg
@@ -1812,25 +1812,6 @@ if [ ! -d "/etc/network/interfaces.d" ] ; then
     mkdir -p -m 0775 /etc/network/interfaces.d
 fi
 
-# Build networking scripts, starting with the localhost interface
-cat << EOF >> /etc/network/interfaces
-
-# The loopback network interface
-auto lo
-iface lo inet loopback
-EOF
-
-if [ $mgmt_dev != "lo" ]; then
-cat << EOF >> /etc/network/interfaces
-
-# management network interface
-allow-hotplug $mgmt_dev
-auto $mgmt_dev
-iface $mgmt_dev inet dhcp
-
-EOF
-fi
-
 ilog "Setup network scripts"
 
 if [ $mgmt_vlan -eq 0 ] ; then
@@ -1842,19 +1823,16 @@ if [ $mgmt_vlan -eq 0 ] ; then
     # Build networking scripts
     cat << EOF > /etc/network/interfaces.d/ifcfg-lo
 auto lo
-iface lo inet static
-address 127.0.0.1
-netmask 255.0.0.0
-    post-up  echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/autoconf; echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/accept_ra; echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/accept_redirects
+iface lo inet loopback
 EOF
 
-
+if [ $mgmt_dev != "lo" ]; then
     cat << EOF > /etc/network/interfaces.d/ifcfg-$mgmt_dev
 auto $mgmt_dev
 iface $mgmt_dev inet dhcp
-    pre-up sleep 20
     post-up  echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/autoconf; echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/accept_ra; echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/accept_redirects
 EOF
+fi
 
 else
 
@@ -1889,7 +1867,6 @@ EOF
     cat << EOF > /etc/network/interfaces.d/ifcfg-$mgmt_dev
 auto $mgmt_dev
 iface $mgmt_dev $mgmt_address_family manual
-    pre-up sleep 20
     post-up  echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/autoconf; echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/accept_ra; echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/accept_redirects
 EOF
 
@@ -1897,7 +1874,6 @@ EOF
 auto vlan$mgmt_vlan
 iface vlan$mgmt_vlan $mgmt_address_family dhcp
     vlan-raw-device $mgmt_dev
-    pre-up sleep 20
     post-up  echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/autoconf; echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/accept_ra; echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/accept_redirects
 EOF
 fi