diff --git a/share/config_files/network b/share/config_files/network
deleted file mode 100644
index 895d994a..00000000
--- a/share/config_files/network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
diff --git a/src/pylorax/installtree.py b/src/pylorax/installtree.py
index 7a2bedac..eaea98b6 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/installtree.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/installtree.py
@@ -426,11 +426,6 @@ class LoraxInstallTree(BaseLoraxClass):
             dst = joinpaths(self.root, "etc/selinux", "config")
             shutil.copy2(src, dst)
 
-        # get sysconfig files
-        src = joinpaths(src_dir, "network")
-        dst = joinpaths(self.root, "etc/sysconfig")
-        shutil.copy2(src, dst)
-
         src = joinpaths(src_dir, "isolinux.cfg")
         dst = joinpaths(self.root, "usr/share/anaconda/boot")
         shutil.copy2(src, dst)