--- netifd-2015-12-16.orig/device.c
+++ netifd-2015-12-16/device.c
@@ -424,9 +424,6 @@
 {
 	struct device *dev;
 
-	if (!external && system_if_force_external(name))
-		return NULL;
-
 	D(DEVICE, "Create simple device '%s'\n", name);
 	dev = calloc(1, sizeof(*dev));
 	dev->external = external;