diff --git a/debian/ifupdown.sh b/debian/ifupdown.sh
index f7b534e2eb245faeafd808f2d201f90c71d49687..bbd931e741ba79bba7d68a729802d0f089d88dac 100755
--- a/debian/ifupdown.sh
+++ b/debian/ifupdown.sh
@@ -57,24 +57,24 @@ if [ "${MODE}" = "start" ]; then
                     "${IFACE}" ${IF_OVS_OPTIONS} \
                     ${OVS_EXTRA+-- $OVS_EXTRA}
 
-                ifconfig "${IFACE}" up
+                ip link set "${IFACE}" up
                 ;;
         OVSIntPort)
                 ovs_vsctl -- --may-exist add-port "${IF_OVS_BRIDGE}"\
                     "${IFACE}" ${IF_OVS_OPTIONS} -- set Interface "${IFACE}"\
                     type=internal ${OVS_EXTRA+-- $OVS_EXTRA}
 
-                ifconfig "${IFACE}" up
+                ip link set "${IFACE}" up
                 ;;
         OVSBond)
                 ovs_vsctl -- --fake-iface add-bond "${IF_OVS_BRIDGE}"\
                     "${IFACE}" ${IF_OVS_BONDS} ${IF_OVS_OPTIONS} \
                     ${OVS_EXTRA+-- $OVS_EXTRA}
 
-                ifconfig "${IFACE}" up
+                ip link set "${IFACE}" up
                 for slave in ${IF_OVS_BONDS}
                 do
-                    ifconfig "${slave}" up
+                    ip link set "${IFACE}" up
                 done
                 ;;
         OVSPatchPort)
diff --git a/debian/openvswitch-switch.service b/debian/openvswitch-switch.service
index a43706a328843a2faf0ae7d2fd69e30369285a62..ff2acbe0461def29499f43fd821658263ac12c7a 100644
--- a/debian/openvswitch-switch.service
+++ b/debian/openvswitch-switch.service
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Open vSwitch
-After=network.target openvswitch-nonetwork.service
+After=openvswitch-nonetwork.service
 Requires=openvswitch-nonetwork.service
 Before=networking.service