diff --git a/package/network/ipv6/6rd/Makefile b/package/network/ipv6/6rd/Makefile
index f9c4c6f7a56f7..e2ca4e12003c5 100644
--- a/package/network/ipv6/6rd/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/ipv6/6rd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=6rd
-PKG_RELEASE:=11
+PKG_RELEASE:=12
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/package/network/ipv6/6rd/files/6rd.sh b/package/network/ipv6/6rd/files/6rd.sh
index 3c913e54f1665..62a20314d9322 100644
--- a/package/network/ipv6/6rd/files/6rd.sh
+++ b/package/network/ipv6/6rd/files/6rd.sh
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ proto_6rd_setup() {
 
 proto_6rd_teardown() {
 	local cfg="$1"
-	local link="6rd-$cfg"
-	ip link del $link
 }
 
 proto_6rd_init_config() {