diff --git a/src/etc/netstart b/src/etc/netstart
index f9c751f6..10e98720 100644
--- a/src/etc/netstart
+++ b/src/etc/netstart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.17 1997/04/09 03:00:05 kstailey Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.18 1997/04/15 09:42:33 deraadt Exp $
 
 # set these to "NO" to turn them off.  otherwise, they're used as flags
 routed_flags=-q
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ if [ -f /etc/defaultdomain ]; then
 	domainname `cat /etc/defaultdomain`
 fi
 
-route flush
-
 # Configure the IP filter before configuring network interfaces
 #
 if [ X"${ipfilter}" = X"YES" -a -f "${ipfilter_rules}" ]; then