diff --git a/qbittorrent/rootfs/usr/local/sbin/vpn b/qbittorrent/rootfs/usr/local/sbin/vpn
index e27b2e2d2f..91a1fa0e02 100755
--- a/qbittorrent/rootfs/usr/local/sbin/vpn
+++ b/qbittorrent/rootfs/usr/local/sbin/vpn
@@ -279,16 +279,6 @@ _wireguard_up() {
         fi
     done
 
-    # Clean up any leftover state from a previous run (e.g., after an S6 service restart).
-    # Without this, `ip link add` and `ip rule add` fail with "RTNETLINK answers: File exists"
-    # when the svc-qbittorrent service is restarted while the WireGuard interface is still up.
-    if ip link show "${config["Interface"]}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        bashio::log.info "WireGuard interface ${config["Interface"]} already exists. Cleaning up before re-establishing connection."
-        ip link set "${config["Interface"]}" down 2>/dev/null || true
-        ip link del "${config["Interface"]}" 2>/dev/null || true
-    fi
-    _routing_del 2>/dev/null || true
-
     _cmd "ip link add ${config["Interface"]} type wireguard" || return 1
 
     mapfile -d ',' -t local_ips < <(echo "${config["Address"]}" | tr -d ' ')