diff --git a/defaultenv/defaultenv-2-base/bin/bootargs-ip b/defaultenv/defaultenv-2-base/bin/bootargs-ip
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d4486c..0000000
--- a/defaultenv/defaultenv-2-base/bin/bootargs-ip
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# pass either static ip or dhcp to kernel based on barebox settings
-
-. /env/network/eth0
-
-if [ $ip = dhcp ]; then
-	global.linux.bootargs.dyn.ip="ip=dhcp"
-else
-	global.linux.bootargs.dyn.ip="ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gateway:$netmask::eth0:"
-fi
diff --git a/defaultenv/defaultenv-2-base/boot/net b/defaultenv/defaultenv-2-base/boot/net
index af09641..aaa5394 100644
--- a/defaultenv/defaultenv-2-base/boot/net
+++ b/defaultenv/defaultenv-2-base/boot/net
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 fi
 
 nfsroot="/home/${global.user}/nfsroot/${global.hostname}"
-bootargs-ip
+
+ip_route_get -b ${global.net.server} global.linux.bootargs.dyn.ip
 
 initramfs="${path}/${global.user}-initramfs-${global.hostname}"
 if [ -f "${initramfs}" ]; then