diff --git a/target/device/Atmel/root/target_busybox_skeleton/etc/inittab b/target/device/Atmel/root/target_busybox_skeleton/etc/inittab
index bb183059f7..b394548b56 100644
--- a/target/device/Atmel/root/target_busybox_skeleton/etc/inittab
+++ b/target/device/Atmel/root/target_busybox_skeleton/etc/inittab
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
 ::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
-::sysinit:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
-::sysinit:/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
 # now run any rc scripts
 ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
 
diff --git a/target/device/Atmel/root/target_skeleton/etc/inittab b/target/device/Atmel/root/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
index 69e4df18ed..2e3b9a44a6 100644
--- a/target/device/Atmel/root/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
+++ b/target/device/Atmel/root/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ null::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
 null::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 null::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
 null::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
-null::sysinit:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
-null::sysinit:/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
 # now run any rc scripts
 ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
 
diff --git a/target/device/xtensa/skeleton-patch/etc/inittab b/target/device/xtensa/skeleton-patch/etc/inittab
index b336ff69c5..de3ce706ef 100644
--- a/target/device/xtensa/skeleton-patch/etc/inittab
+++ b/target/device/xtensa/skeleton-patch/etc/inittab
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ null::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 null::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
 null::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
 null::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
-null::sysinit:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
-null::sysinit:/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
 # now run any rc scripts
 ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
 
diff --git a/target/generic/target_busybox_skeleton/etc/inittab b/target/generic/target_busybox_skeleton/etc/inittab
index 7c7bf7a5a1..bd3912b24c 100644
--- a/target/generic/target_busybox_skeleton/etc/inittab
+++ b/target/generic/target_busybox_skeleton/etc/inittab
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
 ::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
-::sysinit:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
-::sysinit:/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
 # now run any rc scripts
 ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS
 
diff --git a/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab b/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
index 2949c91252..4be14b8297 100644
--- a/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
+++ b/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ null::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 null::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts
 null::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
 null::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
-null::sysinit:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
-null::sysinit:/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
 # now run any rc scripts
 ::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS