diff --git a/target/linux/x86/image/64.mk b/target/linux/x86/image/64.mk
index 745b307585cdb334333de49a241837c8ac4a2bac..eb7214c9c5c97c6ebdded9c4b247bd167e60b79b 100644
--- a/target/linux/x86/image/64.mk
+++ b/target/linux/x86/image/64.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 define Device/generic
   DEVICE_TITLE := Generic x86/64
   DEVICE_PACKAGES += kmod-bnx2 kmod-e1000e kmod-e1000 kmod-forcedeth kmod-igb \
-	kmod-ixgbe kmod-r8169
+	kmod-ixgbe
   GRUB2_VARIANT := generic
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += generic
diff --git a/target/linux/x86/image/generic.mk b/target/linux/x86/image/generic.mk
index 8a23afef0afea48e97f13caa1236858388a30fb7..94f90e7e0b393d0fa5f3a328b597678054a5752f 100644
--- a/target/linux/x86/image/generic.mk
+++ b/target/linux/x86/image/generic.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 define Device/generic
   DEVICE_TITLE := Generic x86
   DEVICE_PACKAGES += kmod-3c59x kmod-8139too kmod-e100 kmod-e1000 kmod-natsemi \
-	kmod-ne2k-pci kmod-pcnet32 kmod-r8169 kmod-sis900 kmod-tg3 \
+	kmod-ne2k-pci kmod-pcnet32 kmod-sis900 kmod-tg3 \
 	kmod-via-rhine kmod-via-velocity kmod-forcedeth
   GRUB2_VARIANT := generic
 endef
diff --git a/target/linux/x86/image/legacy.mk b/target/linux/x86/image/legacy.mk
index 5c13f95157d2b19bddeb010889f31fdf5df75e83..7ead22e4d42aabc982a74ed3aa68e4257f58e679 100644
--- a/target/linux/x86/image/legacy.mk
+++ b/target/linux/x86/image/legacy.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 define Device/generic
   DEVICE_TITLE := Generic x86/legacy
   DEVICE_PACKAGES += kmod-3c59x kmod-8139too kmod-e100 kmod-e1000 \
-	kmod-natsemi kmod-ne2k-pci kmod-pcnet32 kmod-r8169 kmod-sis900 \
+	kmod-natsemi kmod-ne2k-pci kmod-pcnet32 kmod-sis900 \
 	kmod-tg3 kmod-via-rhine kmod-via-velocity kmod-forcedeth
   GRUB2_VARIANT := legacy
 endef