diff --git a/cni_ds_init b/cni_ds_init
index 745fdf44e..b60d1d10b 100755
--- a/cni_ds_init
+++ b/cni_ds_init
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ function cleanup() {
     cni_bin_path="$2"
 
     rm -f "${cni_conf_path}/10-kuryr.conf"
-    rm -f "${cni_conf_path}/99-loopback.conf"
     rm -f "${cni_bin_path}/kuryr-cni"
     rm -f "${cni_bin_path}/kuryr-cni-bin"
     rm -rf /etc/kuryr
diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index 76317f22e..843aa638f 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -437,9 +437,6 @@ function prepare_kubelet {
     sudo install -o "$STACK_USER" -m 0664 -D \
         "${KURYR_HOME}${kubelet_plugin_dir}/10-kuryr.conf" \
         "${CNI_CONF_DIR}/10-kuryr.conf"
-    sudo install -o "$STACK_USER" -m 0664 -D \
-        "${KURYR_HOME}${kubelet_plugin_dir}/99-loopback.conf" \
-        "${CNI_CONF_DIR}/99-loopback.conf"
 }
 
 function run_k8s_kubelet {
diff --git a/etc/cni/net.d/99-loopback.conf b/etc/cni/net.d/99-loopback.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index c4cd168d7..000000000
--- a/etc/cni/net.d/99-loopback.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "cniVersion": "0.3.0",
-    "type": "loopback"
-}