diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network/00-bmc-usb0.network.m4 b/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network/00-bmc-usb0.network.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 699ee85..0000000
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network/00-bmc-usb0.network.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[Match]
-Name=usb0
-[Address]
-Address=M_BMC_IP_ADDR
-[Network]
-LinkLocalAddressing=ipv6
-IPv6AcceptRA=no
diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network/usb_network.sh b/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network/usb_network.sh
index ebba57d..ba271b7 100755
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network/usb_network.sh
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network/usb_network.sh
@@ -45,21 +45,26 @@
 }
 
 gadget_start() {
-    # Add the gbmcbr configuration if this is a relevant device
-    if (( ID_VENDOR == 0x18d1 && ID_PRODUCT == 0x22b )); then
-        mkdir -p /run/systemd/network || return
-        cat >/run/systemd/network/+-bmc-"${IFACE_NAME}".network <<EOF
+    # Always provide a basic network configuration
+    mkdir -p /run/systemd/network || return
+    cat >/run/systemd/network/+-bmc-"${IFACE_NAME}".network <<EOF
 [Match]
 Name=${IFACE_NAME}
+EOF
+
+    # Add the gbmcbr configuration if this is a relevant device
+    if (( ID_VENDOR == 0x18d1 && ID_PRODUCT == 0x22b )); then
+        cat >>/run/systemd/network/+-bmc-"${IFACE_NAME}".network <<EOF
 [Network]
 Bridge=gbmcbr
 [Bridge]
 Cost=85
 EOF
-        # Ignore any failures due to systemd being unavailable at boot
-        networkctl reload || true
     fi
 
+    # Ignore any failures due to systemd being unavailable at boot
+    networkctl reload || true
+
     local gadget_dir="${CONFIGFS_HOME}/usb_gadget/${GADGET_DIR_NAME}"
     mkdir -p "${gadget_dir}" || return
     echo ${ID_VENDOR} > "${gadget_dir}/idVendor" || return
diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network_git.bb b/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network_git.bb
index 9ba7c52..083cb2e 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network_git.bb
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/networking/google-usb-network_git.bb
@@ -17,28 +17,18 @@
 SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} = "usb_network.service"
 
-BMC_IP_ADDR ??= "169.254.95.118/16"
 BMC_USB_ECM_PRODUCT_ID ??= ""
 BMC_USB_ECM_PRODUCT_NAME ??= "${MACHINE} BMC"
 BMC_USB_ECM_HOST_MAC ??= "invalid"
 BMC_USB_ECM_DEV_MAC ??= "invalid"
 BMC_USB_ECM_BIND_DEV ??= ""
-BMC_USB_CONFIG_PRIORITY ??= ""
-BMC_USB_CONFIG_FILENAME ??= "${BMC_USB_CONFIG_PRIORITY}-bmc-usb0.network"
 BMC_USB_TYPE ??= "eem"
 BMC_USB_IFACE ??= "gusb0"
 
-SRC_URI += "file://00-bmc-usb0.network.m4"
 SRC_URI += "file://usb_network.service.m4"
 SRC_URI += "file://usb_network.sh"
 
-FILES:${PN} = "${bindir}/usb_network.sh"
-FILES:${PN}:append = " ${systemd_unitdir}/network/${BMC_USB_CONFIG_FILENAME}"
-
 do_compile() {
-    test "X${BMC_IP_ADDR}" != "X" || bberror "Please define BMC_IP_ADDR"
-    m4 -DM_BMC_IP_ADDR=${BMC_IP_ADDR} ${WORKDIR}/00-bmc-usb0.network.m4 > ${S}/00-bmc-usb0.network
-
     test "X${BMC_USB_ECM_PRODUCT_ID}" != "X" || bberror "Please define BMC_USB_ECM_PRODUCT_ID"
     test "X${BMC_USB_ECM_PRODUCT_NAME}" != "X" || bberror "Please define BMC_USB_ECM_PRODUCT_NAME"
     test "X${BMC_USB_ECM_BIND_DEV}" != "X" || bberror "Please define BMC_USB_ECM_BIND_DEV"
@@ -61,8 +51,4 @@
 
   install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
   install -m 0644 ${S}/usb_network.service ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
-
-  install -d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/network
-  install -m 0644 ${S}/00-bmc-usb0.network \
-      ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/network/${BMC_USB_CONFIG_FILENAME}
 }