diff -ur openvpn-2.1_rc6.orig/tun.c openvpn-2.1_rc6/tun.c
--- openvpn-2.1_rc6.orig/tun.c	2008-02-05 23:09:36.000000000 +0000
+++ openvpn-2.1_rc6/tun.c	2008-02-05 23:12:34.000000000 +0000
@@ -1220,26 +1220,6 @@
 {
   if (tt)
     {
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_IPROUTE
-	if (tt->type != DEV_TYPE_NULL && tt->did_ifconfig)
-	  {
-	    char command_line[256];
-	    struct gc_arena gc = gc_new ();
-
-	    openvpn_snprintf (command_line, sizeof (command_line),
-			  "%s addr del dev %s local %s peer %s",
-			  iproute_path,
-			  tt->actual_name,
-			  print_in_addr_t (tt->local, 0, &gc),
-			  print_in_addr_t (tt->remote_netmask, 0, &gc)
-			  );
-
-	    msg (M_INFO, "%s", command_line);
-	    system_check (command_line, NULL, S_FATAL, "Linux ip addr del failed");
-
-	    gc_free (&gc);
-	  }
-#endif
       close_tun_generic (tt);
       free (tt);
     }