diff --git a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
index 637c27019..84a159e84 100755
--- a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
+++ b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ while true; do
 									_dns "$OMR_TRACKER_HOST6" "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE_IP" "yes"
 									statusb=$?
 								fi
-								ip route del "$OMR_TRACKER_HOST6" via "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE_GATEWAY6" dev "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE" src "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE_IP6" > /dev/null 2>&1
+								ip -6 route del "$OMR_TRACKER_HOST6" via "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE_GATEWAY6" dev "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE" src "$OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE_IP6" > /dev/null 2>&1
 								if $(exit $statusb); then
 									OMR_TRACKER_STATUS_MSG=""
 									OMR_TRACKER_STATUS="OK"