1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/runqemu-ifdown b/scripts/runqemu-ifdown
index f72166b32b..98ac7f07b3 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu-ifdown
+++ b/scripts/runqemu-ifdown
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # QEMU network configuration script to bring down tap devices. This
-# utility needs to be run as root, and will use the tunctl binary
-# from the native sysroot. 
+# utility needs to be run as root, and will use the ip utility
 #
 # If you find yourself calling this script a lot, you can add the
 # the following to your /etc/sudoers file to be able to run this
@@ -34,13 +33,8 @@ TAP=$1
 STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE=$2
 
 if !ip tuntap del $TAP mode tap 2>/dev/null; then
-        TUNCTL=$STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE/tunctl
-        if [ ! -e "$TUNCTL" ]; then
-                echo "Error: Unable to find tunctl binary in '$STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE', please bitbake qemu-helper-native"
-                exit 1
-        fi
-
-        $TUNCTL -d $TAP
+        echo "Error: Unable to run up tuntap del"
+        exit 1
 fi
 
 IFCONFIG=`which ip 2> /dev/null`