diff --git a/packages/network/connman/package.mk b/packages/network/connman/package.mk
index c165d3b560..1ba053bf3c 100644
--- a/packages/network/connman/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/connman/package.mk
@@ -115,6 +115,5 @@ post_install() {
   add_user system x 430 430 "service" "/var/run/connman" "/bin/sh"
   add_group system 430
 
-  enable_service loopback.service
   enable_service connman.service
 }
diff --git a/packages/network/connman/system.d/connman.service b/packages/network/connman/system.d/connman.service
index d40a10cfb0..e655022f62 100644
--- a/packages/network/connman/system.d/connman.service
+++ b/packages/network/connman/system.d/connman.service
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ BusName=net.connman
 Restart=on-failure
 EnvironmentFile=-/run/openelec/debug/connman.conf
 ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c "cat /storage/.cache/hostname > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname &>/dev/null"
+ExecStartPre=/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up
 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c ". /usr/lib/connman/connman-setup; exec /usr/sbin/connmand -nr $CONNMAN_MAIN $CONNMAN_DEBUG"
 # send SIGKILL on stop to keep ip configuration
 KillSignal=SIGKILL
diff --git a/packages/network/connman/system.d/loopback.service b/packages/network/connman/system.d/loopback.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 0137db3584..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/connman/system.d/loopback.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Setup Loopback interface
-DefaultDependencies=no
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up
-RemainAfterExit=yes
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=sysinit.target