diff --git a/src/network_manager.cpp b/src/network_manager.cpp
index 79a4e41..62ca491 100644
--- a/src/network_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/network_manager.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 #include "ipaddress.hpp"
 #include "system_queries.hpp"
 #include "types.hpp"
+#include "util.hpp"
+
+#include <net/if.h>
 
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -141,6 +144,22 @@
 
 void Manager::addInterface(const InterfaceInfo& info)
 {
+    if (info.flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!info.name)
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument("Interface missing name");
+    }
+    const auto& ignored = internal::getIgnoredInterfaces();
+    if (ignored.find(*info.name) != ignored.end())
+    {
+        auto msg = fmt::format("Ignoring interface {}\n", *info.name);
+        log<level::INFO>(msg.c_str());
+        return;
+    }
+
     auto it = systemdNetworkdEnabled.find(info.idx);
     if (it != systemdNetworkdEnabled.end())
     {
diff --git a/src/system_queries.cpp b/src/system_queries.cpp
index 5006095..19c37ba 100644
--- a/src/system_queries.cpp
+++ b/src/system_queries.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include "netlink.hpp"
 #include "rtnetlink.hpp"
-#include "util.hpp"
 
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
@@ -207,24 +206,6 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
-bool detail::validateNewInterface(const InterfaceInfo& info)
-{
-    if (info.flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (!info.name)
-    {
-        throw std::invalid_argument("Interface Dump missing name");
-    }
-    const auto& ignored = internal::getIgnoredInterfaces();
-    if (ignored.find(*info.name) != ignored.end())
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool detail::validateNewAddr(const AddressInfo& info,
                              const AddressFilter& filter) noexcept
 {
@@ -251,11 +232,7 @@
     auto cb = [&](const nlmsghdr& hdr, std::string_view msg) {
         try
         {
-            auto info = detail::parseInterface(hdr, msg);
-            if (detail::validateNewInterface(info))
-            {
-                ret.emplace_back(std::move(info));
-            }
+            ret.emplace_back(detail::parseInterface(hdr, msg));
         }
         catch (const std::exception& e)
         {
diff --git a/src/system_queries.hpp b/src/system_queries.hpp
index 9217a1f..9ec478d 100644
--- a/src/system_queries.hpp
+++ b/src/system_queries.hpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 namespace detail
 {
 InterfaceInfo parseInterface(const nlmsghdr& hdr, std::string_view msg);
-bool validateNewInterface(const InterfaceInfo& info);
 bool validateNewAddr(const AddressInfo& info,
                      const AddressFilter& filter) noexcept;
 bool validateNewNeigh(const NeighborInfo& info,
diff --git a/test/test_system_queries.cpp b/test/test_system_queries.cpp
index a79bc77..5042cc6 100644
--- a/test/test_system_queries.cpp
+++ b/test/test_system_queries.cpp
@@ -82,35 +82,6 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(info, expected);
 }
 
-TEST(ValidateNewInterface, Loopback)
-{
-    InterfaceInfo info;
-    info.flags = IFF_LOOPBACK | IFF_RUNNING;
-    EXPECT_FALSE(validateNewInterface(info));
-}
-
-TEST(ValidateNewInterface, NoName)
-{
-    EXPECT_THROW(validateNewInterface(InterfaceInfo{}), std::invalid_argument);
-}
-
-TEST(ValidateNewInterface, IgnoredInterface)
-{
-    InterfaceInfo info;
-    setenv("IGNORED_INTERFACES", "ign", true);
-    info.name = "ign";
-    info.flags = IFF_RUNNING;
-    EXPECT_FALSE(validateNewInterface(info));
-}
-
-TEST(ValidateNewInterface, Valid)
-{
-    InterfaceInfo info;
-    info.name = "eth0";
-    info.flags = 0;
-    EXPECT_TRUE(validateNewInterface(info));
-}
-
 TEST(ValidateNewAddr, Filtering)
 {
     AddressInfo info = {};