diff --git a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/lib/puppet/parser/functions/url_available.rb b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/lib/puppet/parser/functions/url_available.rb
index 80e092d118..4185dd7260 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/lib/puppet/parser/functions/url_available.rb
+++ b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/lib/puppet/parser/functions/url_available.rb
@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@ function. Must be of type String or Hash."
     end
   end
 
-  #Add sleep before checking for repos
-  #as Ubuntu waits 32 seconds for the
-  #bridge to become ready
-  sleep 32
   # if passed an array, iterate through the array an check each element
   if url.instance_of? Array
     url.each do |u|
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/netconfig/netconfig.pp b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/netconfig/netconfig.pp
index 3db7a8129a..298a4d17c2 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/netconfig/netconfig.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/netconfig/netconfig.pp
@@ -68,3 +68,12 @@ if !defined(Service['irqbalance']) {
     require => Package['irqbalance'],
   }
 }
+
+# We need to wait at least 30 seconds for the bridges and other interfaces to
+# come up after being created.  This should allow for all interfaces to be up
+# and ready for traffic before proceeding with further deploy steps. LP#1458954
+exec { 'wait-for-interfaces':
+  path    => '/usr/bin:/bin',
+  command => 'sleep 32',
+  require => Class['l23network'],
+}