diff --git a/roles/network/tasks/rpi_debian.yml b/roles/network/tasks/rpi_debian.yml
index 1161d0ca6..883afcd79 100644
--- a/roles/network/tasks/rpi_debian.yml
+++ b/roles/network/tasks/rpi_debian.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 - name: Copy the bridge script for RPi
   template:
     dest: /etc/network/interfaces.d/iiab
-    src: network/iiab.j2
+    src: network/rpi.j2
+    #src: network/iiab.j2    2019-02-05: caused ./iiab-network to fail repeatedly in recent days on one particular RPi 3, even after reboot ("Unable to start service networking: Job for networking.service failed..." at "Restart the networking service if appropriate") ...leaving dnsmasq off (#1452)
   when: iiab_lan_iface == "br0"
 
 - name: Stopping services
diff --git a/roles/network/templates/network/iiab.j2 b/roles/network/templates/network/iiab.j2.deprecated
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/network/templates/network/iiab.j2
rename to roles/network/templates/network/iiab.j2.deprecated