diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-routes b/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-routes
index 9d0ea1d5fe..011668218c 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-routes
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-routes
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@ add_route() {
 		config_get gateway "$interface" gateway
 	}
 
-	# handle "0.0.0.0" and "interface" as "no gateway given"
-	# to allow defining gateway-less routes while still
-	# keeping the possibility to have static routes with a
+	# handle "0.0.0.0" as "no gateway given" to allow
+	# defining gateway-less routes while still keeping
+	# the possibility to have static routes with a
 	# proper gateway on interfaces with dynamic ips 
-	[ "$gateway" = "0.0.0.0" -o \
-		"$gateway" = "interface" ] && gateway=""
+	[ "$gateway" = "0.0.0.0" ] && gateway=""
 
 	dest="${netmask:+-net "$target" netmask "$netmask"}"
 	dest="${dest:--host "$target"}"