diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/config/avahi-daemon.conf b/packages/network/avahi/config/avahi-daemon.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index cf1385644f..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/avahi/config/avahi-daemon.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-[server]
-#host-name=foo
-#domain-name=local
-use-ipv4=yes
-use-ipv6=no
-check-response-ttl=no
-use-iff-running=no
-
-[publish]
-publish-addresses=yes
-publish-hinfo=yes
-publish-workstation=no
-publish-domain=yes
-#publish-dns-servers=192.168.1.1
-#publish-resolv-conf-dns-servers=yes
-
-[reflector]
-enable-reflector=no
-reflect-ipv=no
-
-[rlimits]
-#rlimit-as=
-rlimit-core=0
-rlimit-data=4194304
-rlimit-fsize=0
-rlimit-nofile=30
-rlimit-stack=4194304
-rlimit-nproc=1
diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/config/avahi-daemon.init b/packages/network/avahi/config/avahi-daemon.init
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a6acd02b6..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/avahi/config/avahi-daemon.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
-START=50
-
-BIN=avahi-daemon
-DEFAULT=/etc/default/$BIN
-OPTIONS="-D"
-RUN_D=/var/run/$BIN
-
-start() {
-	[ -f $DEFAULT ] && . $DEFAULT
-	mkdir -p $RUN_D
-	$BIN $OPTIONS
-}
-
-stop() {
-  $BIN -k
-}
-
-reload() {
-  $BIN -r
-}
-
diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/config/http.service b/packages/network/avahi/config/http.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 6763a05cf8..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/avahi/config/http.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
-<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
-<service-group>
- <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>
-  <service>
-   <type>_http._tcp</type>
-   <port>80</port>
-   <txt-record>path=/index.html</txt-record>
-  </service>
-</service-group>
diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/init.d/53_avahi b/packages/network/avahi/init.d/53_avahi
index 31de444b92..c3fd0247c6 100644
--- a/packages/network/avahi/init.d/53_avahi
+++ b/packages/network/avahi/init.d/53_avahi
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   # ensure that environment is sane
   . /etc/profile
 
-  wait_for_inet_addr
   progress "Starting Avahi Daemon"
 
   mkdir -p /var/run/avahi-daemon
@@ -42,6 +41,6 @@
     else
       break
     fi
-    usleep 500000
+    usleep 2000000
   done
 )&