diff --git a/package/ppp/Makefile b/package/ppp/Makefile
index b2be2d89ca..27b1f42825 100644
--- a/package/ppp/Makefile
+++ b/package/ppp/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ PKG_MD5SUM:=4621bc56167b6953ec4071043fe0ec57
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libpcap
-PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:=CONFIG_PACKAGE_netifd
 
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
@@ -167,31 +166,8 @@ define Build/InstallDev
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/include/pppd $(1)/usr/include/
 endef
 
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_PACKAGE_netifd),)
-  define Package/ppp/script_install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/netifd/proto
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/ppp.sh $(1)/lib/netifd/proto/
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/lib/netifd/ppp-up $(1)/lib/netifd/
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/lib/netifd/ppp-down $(1)/lib/netifd/
-  endef
-else
-  define Package/ppp/script_install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/network
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files.old/ppp.sh $(1)/lib/network/
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files.old/etc/ppp/ip-up $(1)/etc/ppp/
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/ppp/ip-up.d
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files.old/etc/ppp/ip-down $(1)/etc/ppp/
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/ppp/ip-down.d
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files.old/etc/ppp/ipv6-up $(1)/etc/ppp/
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files.old/etc/ppp/ipv6-down $(1)/etc/ppp/
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/network
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files.old/pppoe.sh $(1)/lib/network/
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/network
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files.old/pppoa.sh $(1)/lib/network/
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/atm
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files.old/etc/hotplug.d/atm/20-atm-modem $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/atm/
-  endef
-endif
+define Package/ppp/script_install
+endef
 
 define Package/ppp/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pppd/$(PKG_VERSION)
@@ -202,7 +178,10 @@ define Package/ppp/install
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/etc/ppp/filter $(1)/etc/ppp/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/etc/ppp/options $(1)/etc/ppp/
 	ln -sf /tmp/resolv.conf.ppp $(1)/etc/ppp/resolv.conf
-	$(Package/ppp/script_install)
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/netifd/proto
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/ppp.sh $(1)/lib/netifd/proto/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/lib/netifd/ppp-up $(1)/lib/netifd/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/lib/netifd/ppp-down $(1)/lib/netifd/
 endef
 Package/ppp-multilink/install=$(Package/ppp/install)
 
diff --git a/package/ppp/files.old/etc/hotplug.d/atm/20-atm-modem b/package/ppp/files.old/etc/hotplug.d/atm/20-atm-modem
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fd9b9c662..0000000000
--- a/package/ppp/files.old/etc/hotplug.d/atm/20-atm-modem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ "$ACTION" = "add" ]; then
-	include /lib/network
-	scan_interfaces
-
-	local found=0
-	local ifc
-	for ifc in $interfaces; do
-		local up
-		config_get_bool up "$ifc" up 0
-
-		local auto
-		config_get_bool auto "$ifc" auto 1
-
-		local proto
-		config_get proto "$ifc" proto
-
-		if [ "$proto" = "pppoa" ] && [ "$up" != 1 ] && [ "$auto" = 1 ]; then
-			found=1
-			( sleep 1; ifup "$ifc" ) &
-		fi
-	done
-
-	if [ "$found" != 1 ]; then
-		logger "Found no matching interface for DSL device $DEVICENAME"
-	fi
-fi
diff --git a/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ip-down b/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ip-down
deleted file mode 100755
index 994b15a976..0000000000
--- a/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ip-down
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-. /etc/functions.sh
-PPP_IFACE="$1"
-PPP_TTY="$2"
-PPP_SPEED="$3"
-PPP_LOCAL="$4"
-PPP_REMOTE="$5"
-PPP_IPPARAM="$(echo $6 | sed 's/\./_/g')"
-export PPP_IFACE PPP_TTY PPP_SPEED PPP_LOCAL PPP_REMOTE PPP_IPPARAM
-[ -z "$PPP_IPPARAM" ] || {
-	case "$PPP_IFACE" in
-		# only handle uci managed interfaces here, others are done by generic hotplug
-		3g-*|ppp-*|pppoa-*|pppoe-*|pptp-*|l2tp-*)
-			env -i ACTION="ifdown" INTERFACE="$PPP_IPPARAM" DEVICE="$PPP_IFACE" PROTO=ppp /sbin/hotplug-call "iface"
-			uci_revert_state network "$PPP_IPPARAM"
-		;;
-	esac
-}
-
-[ -d /etc/ppp/ip-down.d ] && {
-	for SCRIPT in /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/*
-	do
-		[ -x "$SCRIPT" ] && "$SCRIPT" "$@"
-	done
-}
diff --git a/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ip-up b/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ip-up
deleted file mode 100755
index 44f660bef1..0000000000
--- a/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ip-up
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. /etc/functions.sh
-. /lib/network/config.sh
-
-PPP_IFACE="$1"
-PPP_TTY="$2"
-PPP_SPEED="$3"
-PPP_LOCAL="$4"
-PPP_REMOTE="$5"
-PPP_IPPARAM="$(echo $6 | sed 's/\./_/g')"
-
-export PPP_IFACE PPP_TTY PPP_SPEED PPP_LOCAL PPP_REMOTE PPP_IPPARAM
-[ -z "$PPP_IPPARAM" -o -z "$PPP_LOCAL" ] || {
-	uci_set_state network "$PPP_IPPARAM" ifname "$PPP_IFACE"
-	uci_set_state network "$PPP_IPPARAM" ipaddr "$PPP_LOCAL"
-	uci_set_state network "$PPP_IPPARAM" gateway "$PPP_REMOTE"
-
-	local dns="$DNS1${DNS2:+ $DNS2}"
-	[ -n "$dns" ] && add_dns "$PPP_IPPARAM" $dns
-}
-
-[ -z "$PPP_IPPARAM" ] || {
-	case "$PPP_IFACE" in
-		# only handle uci managed interfaces here, others are done by generic hotplug
-		3g-*|ppp-*|pppoa-*|pppoe-*|pptp-*|l2tp-*)
-			env -i ACTION="ifup" INTERFACE="$PPP_IPPARAM" DEVICE="$PPP_IFACE" PROTO=ppp /sbin/hotplug-call "iface"
-		;;
-	esac
-}
-
-[ -d /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ] && {
-	for SCRIPT in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/*
-	do
-		[ -x "$SCRIPT" ] && "$SCRIPT" "$@"
-	done
-}
diff --git a/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ipv6-down b/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ipv6-down
deleted file mode 100644
index 436b91ded7..0000000000
--- a/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ipv6-down
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-gw=$5
-dev=$1
-cfg=$6
-
-. /etc/functions.sh      # common functions
-include /lib/network     # include /lib/network/*.sh
-scan_interfaces          # read and parse the network config
-
-config_get_bool defaultroute "$cfg" defaultroute 1
-
-if [ ${defaultroute} -eq 1 ]
-then
-	route -A inet6 del default gw ${gw} dev ${dev}
-fi
diff --git a/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ipv6-up b/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ipv6-up
deleted file mode 100644
index 5162455fa8..0000000000
--- a/package/ppp/files.old/etc/ppp/ipv6-up
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-gw=$5
-dev=$1
-cfg=$6
-
-. /etc/functions.sh      # common functions
-include /lib/network     # include /lib/network/*.sh
-scan_interfaces          # read and parse the network config
-
-config_get_bool defaultroute "$cfg" defaultroute 1
-
-if [ ${defaultroute} -eq 1 ]
-then
-	route -A inet6 add default gw ${gw} dev ${dev}
-fi
diff --git a/package/ppp/files.old/ppp.sh b/package/ppp/files.old/ppp.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index e26749ebc5..0000000000
--- a/package/ppp/files.old/ppp.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-stop_interface_ppp() {
-	local cfg="$1"
-
-	local proto
-	config_get proto "$cfg" proto
-
-	local link="$proto-$cfg"
-	SERVICE_PID_FILE="/var/run/ppp-${link}.pid" \
-	service_stop /usr/sbin/pppd
-
-	remove_dns "$cfg"
-
-	local lock="/var/lock/ppp-$link"
-	[ -f "$lock" ] && lock -u "$lock"
-}
-
-start_pppd() {
-	local cfg="$1"; shift
-
-	# Workaround for PPPoE service and AC name options,
-	# filter out the nic-* argument and append it as last option
-	local nic=""
-	case "$1" in
-		nic-*) nic="$1"; shift ;;
-	esac
-
-	local proto
-	config_get proto "$cfg" proto
-
-	# unique link identifier
-	local link="${proto:-ppp}-$cfg"
-
-	# make sure only one pppd process is started
-	lock "/var/lock/ppp-${link}"
-	SERVICE_PID_FILE="/var/run/ppp-${link}.pid" \
-	service_check /usr/sbin/pppd && {
-		lock -u "/var/lock/ppp-${link}"
-		return 0
-	}
-
-	# Workaround: sometimes hotplug2 doesn't deliver the hotplug event for creating
-	# /dev/ppp fast enough to be used here
-	[ -e /dev/ppp ] || mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
-
-	local device
-	config_get device "$cfg" device
-
-	local username
-	config_get username "$cfg" username
-
-	local password
-	config_get password "$cfg" password
-
-	local keepalive
-	config_get keepalive "$cfg" keepalive
-
-	local connect
-	config_get connect "$cfg" connect
-
-	local disconnect
-	config_get disconnect "$cfg" disconnect
-
-	local pppd_options
-	config_get pppd_options "$cfg" pppd_options
-
-	local defaultroute
-	config_get_bool defaultroute "$cfg" defaultroute 1
-	[ "$defaultroute" -eq 1 ] && \
-		defaultroute="defaultroute replacedefaultroute" || defaultroute="nodefaultroute"
-
-	local interval="${keepalive##*[, ]}"
-	[ "$interval" != "$keepalive" ] || interval=5
-
-	local dns
-	config_get dns "$config" dns
-
-	local has_dns=0
-	local peer_default=1
-	[ -n "$dns" ] && {
-		has_dns=1
-		peer_default=0
-	}
-
-	local peerdns
-	config_get_bool peerdns "$cfg" peerdns $peer_default
-
-	[ "$peerdns" -eq 1 ] && {
-		peerdns="usepeerdns"
-	} || {
-		peerdns=""
-		add_dns "$cfg" $dns
-	}
-
-	local demand
-	config_get demand "$cfg" demand 0
-
-	local demandargs
-	[ "$demand" -gt 0 ] && {
-		demandargs="precompiled-active-filter /etc/ppp/filter demand idle $demand"
-		[ "$has_dns" -eq 0 ] && add_dns "$cfg" 1.1.1.1
-	} || {
-		demandargs="persist"
-	}
-
-	local ipv6
-	config_get_bool ipv6 "$cfg" ipv6 0
-	[ "$ipv6" -eq 1 ] && ipv6="+ipv6" || ipv6=""
-
-	SERVICE_DAEMONIZE=1 \
-	SERVICE_WRITE_PID=1 \
-	SERVICE_PID_FILE="/var/run/ppp-$link.pid" \
-	service_start /usr/sbin/pppd "$@" \
-		${keepalive:+lcp-echo-interval $interval lcp-echo-failure ${keepalive%%[, ]*}} \
-		$demandargs \
-		$peerdns \
-		$defaultroute \
-		${username:+user "$username" password "$password"} \
-		ipparam "$cfg" \
-		ifname "$link" \
-		${connect:+connect "$connect"} \
-		${disconnect:+disconnect "$disconnect"} \
-		${ipv6} \
-		${pppd_options} \
-		nodetach \
-		${nic}
-
-	lock -u "/var/lock/ppp-${link}"
-}
-
-setup_interface_ppp() {
-	local iface="$1"
-	local config="$2"
-
-	local device
-	config_get device "$config" device
-
-	local mtu
-	config_get mtu "$config" mtu
-
-	mtu=${mtu:-1492}
-	start_pppd "$config" \
-		mtu $mtu mru $mtu \
-		"$device"
-}
-
diff --git a/package/ppp/files.old/pppoa.sh b/package/ppp/files.old/pppoa.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index dbb6eb00e4..0000000000
--- a/package/ppp/files.old/pppoa.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-scan_pppoa() {
-	config_set "$1" device "pppoa-$1"
-}
-
-stop_interface_pppoa() {
-	stop_interface_ppp "$1"
-}
-
-setup_interface_pppoa() {
-	local config="$2"
-
-	local atmdev
-	config_get atmdev "$config" atmdev
-
-	local vpi
-	config_get vpi "$config" vpi
-
-	local vci
-	config_get vci "$config" vci
-
-	for module in slhc ppp_generic pppoatm; do
-		/sbin/insmod $module 2>&- >&-
-	done
-
-	local encaps
-	config_get encaps "$config" encaps
-
-	case "$encaps" in
-		1|vc) encaps="vc-encaps" ;;
-		*) encaps="llc-encaps" ;;
-	esac
-
-	local mtu
-	config_get mtu "$config" mtu
-
-	start_pppd "$config" \
-		plugin pppoatm.so ${atmdev:+$atmdev.}${vpi:-8}.${vci:-35} \
-		${encaps} ${mtu:+mtu $mtu mru $mtu}
-}
diff --git a/package/ppp/files.old/pppoe.sh b/package/ppp/files.old/pppoe.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ea3dc6cf01..0000000000
--- a/package/ppp/files.old/pppoe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-stop_interface_pppoe() {
-	stop_interface_ppp "$1"
-}
-
-setup_interface_pppoe() {
-	local iface="$1"
-	local config="$2"
-
-	for module in slhc ppp_generic pppox pppoe; do
-		/sbin/insmod $module 2>&- >&-
-	done
-
-	local mtu
-	config_get mtu "$config" mtu 1492
-
-	local ac
-	config_get ac "$config" ac
-
-	local service
-	config_get service "$config" service
-
-	# NB: the first nic-* argument will be moved to the
-	#     end of the argument list by start_pppd()
-	start_pppd "$config" \
-		"nic-$iface" \
-		plugin rp-pppoe.so \
-		${ac:+rp_pppoe_ac "$ac"} \
-		${service:+rp_pppoe_service "$service"} \
-		mtu $mtu mru $mtu
-}