diff --git a/ccw_init b/ccw_init
index a691ae0..23e8ed9 100644
--- a/ccw_init
+++ b/ccw_init
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ get_config_line_by_subchannel()
     return 1
 }
 
+# borrowed from network-scrips, initscripts along with the get_config_by_subchannel
+[ -z "$__sed_discard_ignored_files" ] && __sed_discard_ignored_files='/\(~\|\.bak\|\.old\|\.orig\|\.rpmnew\|\.rpmorig\|\.rpmsave\)$/d'
+
+get_config_by_subchannel ()
+{
+    LANG=C grep -E -i -l \
+        "^[[:space:]]*SUBCHANNELS=['\"]?([0-9]\.[0-9]\.[a-f0-9]+,){0,2}${1}(,[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[a-f0-9]+){0,2}['\"]?([[:space:]]+#|[[:space:]]*$)" \
+        /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* \
+        | LC_ALL=C sed -e "$__sed_discard_ignored_files"
+}
+
 CHANNEL=${DEVPATH##*/}
 
 if [ $MODE = "dracut" ]; then
@@ -49,8 +60,6 @@ if [ $MODE = "dracut" ]; then
 elif [ $MODE = "normal" ]; then
     NOLOCALE="yes"
 
-    . /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions
-
     CONFIG_FILE=$(get_config_by_subchannel $CHANNEL)
 
     if [ -n "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
diff --git a/s390utils.spec b/s390utils.spec
index 1798f36..aede4b6 100644
--- a/s390utils.spec
+++ b/s390utils.spec
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ Requires:       gawk sed coreutils
 Requires:       sysfsutils
 Requires:       sg3_utils
 Requires:       ethtool
-Requires:       network-scripts
 Requires:       tar
 %{?systemd_requires}
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators