diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
index bcb62578742..0adcef37c89 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -574,11 +574,8 @@ setup_router() {
 setup_vpcrouter() {
   log_it "Setting up VPC virtual router system vm"
 
-  if [ "$hyp" == "vmware" ]; then
-    setup_vmware_extra_nics
-  fi
 
-    cat > /etc/network/interfaces << EOF
+  cat > /etc/network/interfaces << EOF
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
 EOF