diff --git a/src/net/udp/dhcpv6.c b/src/net/udp/dhcpv6.c
index cbc8d794..f7736d08 100644
--- a/src/net/udp/dhcpv6.c
+++ b/src/net/udp/dhcpv6.c
@@ -924,7 +924,6 @@ int start_dhcpv6 ( struct interface *job, struct net_device *netdev,
 	/* Construct client and server addresses */
 	memset ( &addresses, 0, sizeof ( addresses ) );
 	addresses.client.sin6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
-	addresses.client.sin6.sin6_scope_id = netdev->index;
 	addresses.client.sin6.sin6_port = htons ( DHCPV6_CLIENT_PORT );
 	addresses.server.sin6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
 	ipv6_all_dhcp_relay_and_servers ( &addresses.server.sin6.sin6_addr );