diff --git a/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile b/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile
index 33df378539d85b5f3a7e0e92ed8707acdff3d1a5..31640c80cd6d041c3f2ea0e71c5b587038ea7eb5 100644
--- a/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/config/netifd/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=netifd
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(PROJECT_GIT)/project/netifd.git
-PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2019-05-28
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=beb810dbccee098add0347d551eb5362e404fbdc
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=f7c0057e7a7c4741d19027e7b67087e8ce8cb835ff5b34c594a24bf167c7873e
+PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2019-08-05
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=5e02f94411b06f192fb2a7d9be9abde3549153a8
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=96e158584c605e96aceb3ce7e8ad8faa8e774ffd67d59558b2d6c2ff49d0f1a5
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
diff --git a/package/network/config/netifd/files/etc/init.d/network b/package/network/config/netifd/files/etc/init.d/network
index 2321a309a5ceabea034cf567d8b80850ff4f3b59..dc208c4ce0a1f5982d732860111421257540bfd2 100755
--- a/package/network/config/netifd/files/etc/init.d/network
+++ b/package/network/config/netifd/files/etc/init.d/network
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ stop_service() {
 	sleep 1
 }
 
-service_running() {
-	ubus -t 30 wait_for network.interface
-	/sbin/wifi reload_legacy
-}
-
 validate_atm_bridge_section()
 {
 	uci_validate_section network "atm-bridge" "${1}" \