diff --git a/netifd/Makefile b/netifd/Makefile
index 4b5f110da..2e64a6736 100644
--- a/netifd/Makefile
+++ b/netifd/Makefile
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(PROJECT_GIT)/project/netifd.git
-PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2021-07-26
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=440eb0647708274cc8d7d9e7c2bb0cfdfba90023
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=eed957036ab608fdc49bdf801fc5b4405fcd2a3a5e5d3343ec39898e156c10e9
+PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2021-01-09
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=753c351bc729967a691d99e27693be5aec334028
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=e7d95bde520fc660d0a49e28c5bb50fff3071d7f48fe7fc3fc610f38edfc7df1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ define Package/netifd
   TITLE:=OpenWrt Network Interface Configuration Daemon
 endef
 
-define Package/netifd/conffiles
-/etc/udhcpc.user
-/etc/udhcpc.user.d/
-endef
-
 TARGET_CFLAGS += \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libnl-tiny \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include \
@@ -45,7 +40,6 @@ define Package/netifd/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/sbin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/netifd $(1)/sbin/
 	$(CP) ./files/* $(1)/
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/udhcpc.user.d/
 	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/scripts/* $(1)/lib/netifd/
 endef