diff --git a/ethmngr/files/etc/ruleng/ethport.json b/ethmngr/files/etc/ruleng/ethport.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 45d58eccc..000000000
--- a/ethmngr/files/etc/ruleng/ethport.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"ethport_update": {
-		"if" : [
-			{
-				"event": "network.device",
-				"regex": true,
-				"match": {
-					"ifname": "^ae_wan|^eth.*"
-				}
-			}
-		],
-		"then" : [
-			{
-				"cli": "/sbin/hotplug-call ethernet",
-				"envs": {
-					"PORT": "&network.device->ifname",
-					"LINK": "&network.device->link"
-				},
-				"timeout": 1
-			}
-		]
-	}
-}
diff --git a/ethmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-set-ethport-ruleng b/ethmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-set-ethport-ruleng
deleted file mode 100644
index 7edbcf049..000000000
--- a/ethmngr/files/etc/uci-defaults/99-set-ethport-ruleng
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-[ ! -f "/etc/config/ruleng" ] && exit 0
-
-uci -q set ruleng.ethport=rule
-uci -q set ruleng.ethport.recipe='/etc/ruleng/ethport.json'