diff --git a/ports/src/noux/net/net.cc b/ports/src/noux/net/net.cc
index f43c067f1..8f1d347d0 100644
--- a/ports/src/noux/net/net.cc
+++ b/ports/src/noux/net/net.cc
@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ static void select_notify()
 void init_network()
 {
 	PINF("--- noux: initialize network ---");
-	
-	/**
-	 * NOTE: we only call lwip_nic_init() because
-	 * lwip_tcpip_init() was already called by libc_lwip's
-	 * constructor and we don't want to have another tcpip
-	 * thread.
-	 */
-
-	lwip_nic_init(0, 0, 0);
 
 	if (!libc_select_notify)
 		libc_select_notify = select_notify;
diff --git a/ports/src/noux/net/target.mk b/ports/src/noux/net/target.mk
index 6a80335c2..5038942df 100644
--- a/ports/src/noux/net/target.mk
+++ b/ports/src/noux/net/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TARGET   = noux_net
-LIBS    += alarm libc libc_lwip config
+LIBS    += alarm libc libc_lwip_nic_dhcp config
 
 SRC_CC   = main.cc net.cc