diff --git a/nixops/backends/digital_ocean.py b/nixops/backends/digital_ocean.py
index e883045ee..63e47f19b 100644
--- a/nixops/backends/digital_ocean.py
+++ b/nixops/backends/digital_ocean.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 I hit a few subtle problems along the way:
 * DO doesn't do dhcp so we have to hard-code the network configuration
-* Ubuntu still uses eth0, 1 etc, not enp0s3 etc so we have a network
+* Ubuntu still uses eth0, 1 etc, not ens3 etc so we have a network
   link name change after the reboot.
 * I had to modify nixos-infect to reflect the network link name changes,
   and to not reboot to avoid ssh-interruption and therefore errors.
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ def prefix_len(netmask):
         networking = {
             'defaultGateway': self.default_gateway,
             'nameservers': ['8.8.8.8'], # default provided by DO
-            ('interfaces', 'enp0s3', 'ip4'): [{"address": self.public_ipv4, 'prefixLength': prefix_len(self.netmask)}],
+            ('interfaces', 'ens3', 'ip4'): [{"address": self.public_ipv4, 'prefixLength': prefix_len(self.netmask)}],
         }
         if self.public_ipv6:
-            networking[('interfaces', 'enp0s3', 'ip6')] = [{'address': self.public_ipv6['address'], 'prefixLength': self.public_ipv6['prefixLength']}]
+            networking[('interfaces', 'ens3', 'ip6')] = [{'address': self.public_ipv6['address'], 'prefixLength': self.public_ipv6['prefixLength']}]
         if self.default_gateway6:
             networking['defaultGateway6'] = self.default_gateway6
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def create(self, defn, check, allow_reboot, allow_recreate):
 
         # run modified nixos-infect
         # - no reboot
-        # - predictable network interface naming (enp0s3 etc)
+        # - predictable network interface naming (ens3 etc)
         self.wait_for_ssh()
         self.log_start("running nixos-infect")
         self.run_command('bash </dev/stdin 2>&1', stdin=open(infect_path))