diff --git a/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/etc/config/network b/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/etc/config/network
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d5ded3728..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/etc/config/network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
-
-config interface loopback
-	option ifname	lo
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	127.0.0.1
-	option netmask	255.0.0.0
-
-config interface lan
-	option ifname	eth0
-	option proto	static
-	option ipaddr	192.168.1.1
-	option netmask	255.255.255.0
diff --git a/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/02_network b/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/02_network
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7e35c5226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/brcm2708/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/02_network
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2014 OpenWrt.org
+
+[ -e /etc/config/network ] && exit 0
+
+touch /etc/config/network
+
+. /lib/functions/uci-defaults.sh
+
+ucidef_set_interface_loopback
+ucidef_set_interface_lan "eth0"
+
+uci commit network
+
+exit 0