diff --git a/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh b/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
index 21a528e..97d9777 100755
--- a/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
+++ b/templates/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
@@ -1318,39 +1318,6 @@ set_custom_grub_boot_options() {
 }
 
 
-generate_udev_network_rules() {
-  # get list of available network devices
-  # (excl. some known-to-be-irrelevant ones, also see MT#8297)
-  NETWORK_DEVICES="$(tail -n +3 /proc/net/dev | sed -r 's/^ *([0-9a-zA-Z]+):.*$/\1/g' | \
-    grep -ve '^vmnet' -ve '^vboxnet' -ve '^docker' -ve '^usb' -ve '^vlan' -ve '^bond' | sort -u)"
-
-  echo "Generating udev persistent net rules."
-  TARGET_UDEV_PERSISTENT_NET_RULES="${TARGET}/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules"
-  echo "## Generated by Sipwise deployment script" > "${TARGET_UDEV_PERSISTENT_NET_RULES}"
-  for dev in ${NETWORK_DEVICES}; do
-    [[ "${dev}" =~ ^lo ]] && continue
-
-    pciid=$(ethtool -i "${dev}" | awk '/^bus-info: / {print $2}')
-    if [[ "${pciid}" =~ ^([0-9a-fA-F:.-])+$ ]]; then
-      dev_name_new="n${dev}"
-      echo "Adding device '${dev}' with PCIID '${pciid}', dev_name_new=${dev_name_new}"
-      cat >> "${TARGET_UDEV_PERSISTENT_NET_RULES}" <<EOL
-SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", KERNELS=="${pciid}", NAME="${dev_name_new}"
-EOL
-    else
-      echo "WARNING: could not find valid PCIID '${pciid}' for device '${dev}'"
-    fi
-    unset pciid
-  done
-
-  echo "Content of resulting /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules:"
-  cat "${TARGET_UDEV_PERSISTENT_NET_RULES}"
-
-  # Rename existing network devices at this time, to use the new names "neth*"
-  # when creating config_deploy.inc later
-  NETWORK_DEVICES="${NETWORK_DEVICES//eth/neth}"
-}
-
 # Main script
 
 INSTALL_LOG='/tmp/deployment-installer-debug.log'
@@ -2223,8 +2190,6 @@ fi
 if "$NGCP_INSTALLER" ; then
   set_deploy_status "ngcp-installer"
 
-  generate_udev_network_rules
-
   echo "Searching for proper ngcp-installer package ..."
   get_installer_path
 
@@ -2301,6 +2266,9 @@ EOT
     die "Error during installation of ngcp. Find details at: ${TARGET}/var/log/ngcp-installer.log"
   fi
 
+  echo "Generating udev persistent net rules ..."
+  grml-chroot "${TARGET}" /usr/sbin/ngcp-initialize-udev-rules-net
+
   echo "Temporary files cleanup ..."
   find "${TARGET}/var/log" -type f -size +0 -not -name \*.ini -not -name ngcp-installer.log -exec sh -c ":> \${1}" sh {} \;
   :>$TARGET/run/utmp