diff --git a/playbooks/roles/devconfig/tasks/install-deps/debian/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/devconfig/tasks/install-deps/debian/main.yml
index 53a3d451..c8c18bb0 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/devconfig/tasks/install-deps/debian/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/devconfig/tasks/install-deps/debian/main.yml
@@ -40,15 +40,9 @@
     - apt-daily.timer
     - apt-daily-upgrade.service
     - apt-daily-upgrade.timer
+    - systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
   ignore_errors: yes
 
-- name: Set up 89-ethernet.network
-  become: yes
-  become_method: sudo
-  template:
-    src: 89-ethernet.network.j2
-    dest: /etc/systemd/network/89-ethernet.network
-
 - name: Allow for distro source change / upgrade
   become: yes
   become_flags: 'su - -c'
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/devconfig/templates/89-ethernet.network.j2 b/playbooks/roles/devconfig/templates/89-ethernet.network.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index f882f13f..00000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/devconfig/templates/89-ethernet.network.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# kdevops generated 89-ethernet.network
-# Enable DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 on all physical ethernet links
-# systemd-networkd-wait-online.service likes to fail on an empty /etc/systemd/network/
-# and we may leverage systemd-networkd-wait-online.service for other services.
-[Match]
-Kind=!*
-Type=ether
-[Network]
-DHCP=yes
diff --git a/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh b/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh
index f68f4d35..74eeceac 100755
--- a/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh
+++ b/scripts/bringup_guestfs.sh
@@ -250,15 +250,6 @@ uninstall cloud-init
 write /etc/default/locale:LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 append-line /etc/default/locale:LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 write /etc/locale.gen:en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
-write /etc/systemd/network/89-ethernet.network: # kdevops generated 89-ethernet.network
-append-line write /etc/systemd/network/89-ethernet.network:# Enable DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 on all physical ethernet links
-append-line write /etc/systemd/network/89-ethernet.network:# systemd-networkd-wait-online.service likes to fail on an empty /etc/systemd/network/
-append-line write /etc/systemd/network/89-ethernet.network:# and we may leverage systemd-networkd-wait-online.service for other services.
-append-line write /etc/systemd/network/89-ethernet.network:[Match]
-append-line write /etc/systemd/network/89-ethernet.network:Kind=!*
-append-line write /etc/systemd/network/89-ethernet.network:Type=ether
-append-line write /etc/systemd/network/89-ethernet.network:[Network]
-append-line write /etc/systemd/network/89-ethernet.network:DHCP=yes
 firstboot-command locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
 firstboot-command update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 firstboot-command DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true dpkg-reconfigure -p low --force locales