diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/defconfig/tl-wr841n-v1/network b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/defconfig/tl-wr841n-v1/network
deleted file mode 100644
index 780fdb764..000000000
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/defconfig/tl-wr841n-v1/network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-config interface loopback
-	option ifname	lo
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	127.0.0.1
-	option netmask	255.0.0.0
-
-config interface mac0
-	option ifname	eth0
-	option proto	none
-
-config interface lan
-	option ifname	"lan1 lan2 lan3 lan4"
-	option type	bridge
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	192.168.1.1
-	option netmask	255.255.255.0
-
-config interface wan
-	option ifname	wan
-	option proto	dhcp
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/defconfig/tl-wr941nd/network b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/defconfig/tl-wr941nd/network
deleted file mode 100644
index cb741fbea..000000000
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/defconfig/tl-wr941nd/network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-config interface loopback
-	option ifname	lo
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	127.0.0.1
-	option netmask	255.0.0.0
-
-config interface eth
-	option ifname	eth0
-	option proto	none
-
-config interface lan
-	option ifname	"lan1 lan2 lan3 lan4"
-	option type	bridge
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	192.168.1.1
-	option netmask	255.255.255.0
-
-config interface wan
-	option ifname	wan
-	option proto	dhcp
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/network b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/network
index 2f2525bb0..5cf80796c 100755
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/network
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/network
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ set network.loopback.netmask='255.0.0.0'
 EOF
 }
 
+set_interface_raw() {
+	local cfg=$1
+	local ifname=$2
+
+	uci batch <<EOF
+set network.$cfg='interface'
+set network.$cfg.ifname='$ifname'
+set network.$cfg.proto='none'
+EOF
+}
+
 set_interface_lan() {
 	local ifname=$1
 
@@ -99,6 +110,12 @@ routerstation-pro)
 	add_switch_vlan "switch0" "1" "0 1 2 3 4"
 	;;
 
+tl-wr841n-v1|\
+tl-wr941nd)
+	set_interface_raw "eth" "eth0"
+	set_interfaces_lan_wan "lan1 lan2 lan3 lan4" "wan"
+	;;
+
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