diff --git a/appmgr/src/net/wifi.rs b/appmgr/src/net/wifi.rs
index 5e1fe34fd..77f700bb0 100644
--- a/appmgr/src/net/wifi.rs
+++ b/appmgr/src/net/wifi.rs
@@ -585,8 +585,9 @@ pub async fn synchronize_wpa_supplicant_conf<P: AsRef<Path>>(main_datadir: P) ->
         .arg("wpa_supplicant")
         .invoke(ErrorKind::Wifi)
         .await?;
-    Command::new("ifup")
+    Command::new("ifconfig")
         .arg("wlan0")
+        .arg("up")
         .invoke(ErrorKind::Wifi)
         .await?;
     Ok(())
diff --git a/build/initialization.sh b/build/initialization.sh
index f8e2604ed..b284590c6 100755
--- a/build/initialization.sh
+++ b/build/initialization.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ apt install -y \
 	sqlite3 \
 	wireless-tools \
 	net-tools \
-	ifupdown \
 	ecryptfs-utils
 sed -i 's/"1"/"0"/g' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
 sed -i 's/Restart=on-failure/Restart=always/g' /lib/systemd/system/tor@default.service