diff --git a/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network b/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..96cd083c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /lib/functions/uci-defaults-new.sh
+
+board_config_update
+
+if grep -q lan1 /proc/net/dev; then
+	ucidef_set_interfaces_lan_wan "lan1 lan2 lan3 lan4" "wan"
+else
+	ucidef_set_interface_lan "eth0"
+fi
+
+board_config_flush
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/10-network b/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/10-network
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d5a5851f9..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/10-network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-config_simple() {
-cat >> /etc/config/network <<EOF
-config interface lan
-	option ifname   eth0
-	option type     bridge
-	option proto    static
-	option ipaddr   192.168.1.1
-	option netmask  255.255.255.0
-	option ip6assign 60
-EOF
-}
-
-config_dsa() {
-cat >> /etc/config/network <<EOF
-config interface eth0
-	option ifname	eth0
-
-config interface wan
-	option ifname	wan
-	option proto	dhcp
-	option hostname	openwrt
-
-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
-	option ip6assign 60
-
-config interface wan6
-	option ifname   wan
-	option proto    dhcpv6
-
-config globals globals
-	option ula_prefix auto
-EOF	
-}
-
-cat > /etc/config/network <<EOF
-config interface loopback
-	option ifname   lo
-	option proto    static
-	option ipaddr   127.0.0.1
-	option netmask  255.0.0.0
-
-EOF
-
-if grep -q lan /proc/net/dev; then
-	config_dsa
-else
-	config_simple
-fi