diff --git a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
index a0014d0d7a..f4c4414781 100755
--- a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
+++ b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence no-resolvconf"
 AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence amphora-agent"
 AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence sos"
 AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence cloud-init-datasources"
+AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence remove-default-ints"
 
 if [ "$AMP_ENABLE_FULL_MAC_SECURITY" -ne 1 ]; then
     # SELinux systems
diff --git a/elements/remove-default-ints/README.rst b/elements/remove-default-ints/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9769f1a848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/remove-default-ints/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+This element removes any default network interfaces from the interface
+configuration in the image. These are not needed in the amphora as cloud-init
+will create the required default interface configuration files.
+
+For Ubuntu this element will remove the network
+configuration files from /etc/network/interfaces.d.
diff --git a/elements/remove-default-ints/post-install.d/91-remove-default-ints b/elements/remove-default-ints/post-install.d/91-remove-default-ints
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..dfc355ac47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/remove-default-ints/post-install.d/91-remove-default-ints
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+set -o xtrace
+
+if [[ "$DISTRO_NAME" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
+    sudo rm -f /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
+fi