diff --git a/roles/firewall/handlers/main.yml b/roles/firewall/handlers/main.yml
index d2beb3b..47d1eec 100644
--- a/roles/firewall/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/firewall/handlers/main.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
   command: ifup --auto
   when: "'handler' not in ansible_skip_tags"
 
-- name: mkinitfs
-  command: mkinitfs
-  when: "'handler' not in ansible_skip_tags"
-
 - name: reboot
   reboot:
   when: "'handler' not in ansible_skip_tags"
diff --git a/roles/firewall/tasks/main.yml b/roles/firewall/tasks/main.yml
index 83e748f..5220db0 100644
--- a/roles/firewall/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/firewall/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@
     name: bash,bonding,iproute2
     state: latest
 
-- name: Tell mdev to rename network interfaces
-  lineinfile:
-    path: /etc/mdev.conf
-    line: '-net/.* root:root 600 @/sbin/nameif -s'
-    insertafter: '^# net devices'
-  notify: mkinitfs
-
 - name: Tell ifupdown to also rename network interfaces
   copy:
     dest: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/nameif