diff --git a/internal/netif/vxlan.go b/internal/netif/vxlan.go
index 0930cb3..70740bc 100644
--- a/internal/netif/vxlan.go
+++ b/internal/netif/vxlan.go
@@ -1,31 +1,14 @@
 package netif
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-	"syscall"
-
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
 )
 
-const (
-	scopeUniverse    = 0
-	addressSecondary = 0x01
-)
-
 func CreateVxlan(name string, vxlanID int, localIface string, mtu int) error {
 	link, err := netlink.LinkByName(localIface)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	addrs, err := netlink.AddrList(link, syscall.AF_INET)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	local, err := vtepAddress(localIface, addrs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	vxlan := &netlink.Vxlan{
 		LinkAttrs: netlink.LinkAttrs{
 			Name: name,
@@ -34,18 +17,7 @@ func CreateVxlan(name string, vxlanID int, localIface string, mtu int) error {
 		VxlanId:      vxlanID,
 		Port:         4789,
 		VtepDevIndex: link.Attrs().Index,
-		SrcAddr:      local,
 		Learning:     false,
 	}
 	return netlink.LinkAdd(vxlan)
 }
-
-func vtepAddress(iface string, addrs []netlink.Addr) (net.IP, error) {
-	for _, a := range addrs {
-		if a.IPNet == nil || a.IP.To4() == nil || a.Scope != scopeUniverse || a.Flags&addressSecondary != 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		return a.IP.To4(), nil
-	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no primary global IPv4 address on %s for the VXLAN local endpoint", iface)
-}
diff --git a/internal/netif/vxlan_test.go b/internal/netif/vxlan_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ea7ca4..0000000
--- a/internal/netif/vxlan_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-package netif
-
-import (
-	"net"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
-)
-
-func addr(cidr string, scope, flags int) netlink.Addr {
-	ip, network, err := net.ParseCIDR(cidr)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	network.IP = ip
-	return netlink.Addr{IPNet: network, Scope: scope, Flags: flags}
-}
-
-func TestVtepAddress_PicksThePrimaryGlobalIPv4(t *testing.T) {
-	addrs := []netlink.Addr{
-		addr("127.0.0.1/8", 254, 0),
-		addr("169.254.0.3/28", 0, 0x01),
-		addr("192.168.14.11/24", 0, 0x80),
-		addr("192.168.14.99/24", 0, 0x01),
-	}
-	got, err := vtepAddress("br-000000", addrs)
-	if err != nil || got.String() != "192.168.14.11" {
-		t.Errorf("vtepAddress = %v, %v, want 192.168.14.11", got, err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestVtepAddress_SkipsLinkScopeAndSecondaryAddresses(t *testing.T) {
-	addrs := []netlink.Addr{
-		addr("169.254.0.3/28", 253, 0),
-		addr("192.168.14.99/24", 0, 0x01),
-		addr("192.168.14.12/24", 0, 0),
-	}
-	got, err := vtepAddress("br-000000", addrs)
-	if err != nil || got.String() != "192.168.14.12" {
-		t.Errorf("vtepAddress = %v, %v, want 192.168.14.12", got, err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestVtepAddress_RefusesAnInterfaceWithoutUsableAddress(t *testing.T) {
-	for name, addrs := range map[string][]netlink.Addr{
-		"no address":     nil,
-		"only secondary": {addr("192.168.14.99/24", 0, 0x01)},
-		"only link":      {addr("169.254.0.3/28", 253, 0)},
-		"only IPv6":      {addr("fd00::11/64", 0, 0)},
-	} {
-		_, err := vtepAddress("br-000000", addrs)
-		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no primary global IPv4 address on br-000000") {
-			t.Errorf("%s: error = %v", name, err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestVtepAddress_ReturnsAFourByteAddress(t *testing.T) {
-	got, err := vtepAddress("br-000000", []netlink.Addr{addr("192.168.14.11/24", 0, 0)})
-	if err != nil || len(got) != 4 {
-		t.Errorf("vtepAddress = %v (%d bytes), %v", got, len(got), err)
-	}
-}