diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 908938dd..a2561d4c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.50
-	github.com/milosgajdos/tenus v0.0.3
 	github.com/moby/term v0.0.0-20221205130635-1aeaba878587
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.3-0.20220303224323-02efb9a75ee1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e3d6e092..84fa204e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -628,8 +628,6 @@ github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:XsNlhZGX73bx86s2hdc/FuaLm2CPZJemRLMA+WT
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.0.3/go.mod h1:XsNlhZGX73bx86s2hdc/FuaLm2CPZJemRLMA+WTFxgs=
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.1.1 h1:Ugu9pdy6vAYku5DEpVWVFPYnzV+bxB+iRdbuFSu7TvU=
 github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.1.1/go.mod h1:XsNlhZGX73bx86s2hdc/FuaLm2CPZJemRLMA+WTFxgs=
-github.com/milosgajdos/tenus v0.0.3 h1:jmaJzwaY1DUyYVD0lM4U+uvP2kkEg1VahDqRFxIkVBE=
-github.com/milosgajdos/tenus v0.0.3/go.mod h1:eIjx29vNeDOYWJuCnaHY2r4fq5egetV26ry3on7p8qY=
 github.com/mistifyio/go-zfs v2.1.2-0.20190413222219-f784269be439+incompatible/go.mod h1:8AuVvqP/mXw1px98n46wfvcGfQ4ci2FwoAjKYxuo3Z4=
 github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db h1:62I3jR2EmQ4l5rM/4FEfDWcRD+abF5XlKShorW5LRoQ=
 github.com/mitchellh/colorstring v0.0.0-20190213212951-d06e56a500db/go.mod h1:l0dey0ia/Uv7NcFFVbCLtqEBQbrT4OCwCSKTEv6enCw=
diff --git a/pkg/tun/tun_linux.go b/pkg/tun/tun_linux.go
index 00bfa502..27a42e81 100644
--- a/pkg/tun/tun_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/tun/tun_linux.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/docker/libcontainer/netlink"
-	"github.com/milosgajdos/tenus"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/tun"
 
@@ -29,40 +28,40 @@ func createTun(cfg Config) (conn net.Conn, itf *net.Interface, err error) {
 		mtu = config.DefaultMTU
 	}
 
-	var ifce tun.Device
-	ifce, err = tun.CreateTUN("utun", mtu)
+	var device tun.Device
+	device, err = tun.CreateTUN("utun", mtu)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 
 	var name string
-	name, err = ifce.Name()
+	name, err = device.Name()
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-
-	link, err := tenus.NewLinkFrom(name)
+	ifc, err := net.InterfaceByName(name)
 	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("could not find interface name: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("ip link set dev %s mtu %d", name, mtu)
 	log.Debugf("[tun] %s", cmd)
-	if er := link.SetLinkMTU(mtu); er != nil {
+	if er := netlink.NetworkSetMTU(ifc, mtu); er != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", cmd, er)
 		return
 	}
 
 	cmd = fmt.Sprintf("ip address add %s dev %s", cfg.Addr, name)
 	log.Debugf("[tun] %s", cmd)
-	if er := link.SetLinkIp(ip, ipNet); er != nil {
+	if er := netlink.NetworkLinkAddIp(ifc, ip, ipNet); er != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", cmd, er)
 		return
 	}
 
 	cmd = fmt.Sprintf("ip link set dev %s up", name)
 	log.Debugf("[tun] %s", cmd)
-	if er := link.SetLinkUp(); er != nil {
+	if er := netlink.NetworkLinkUp(ifc); er != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", cmd, er)
 		return
 	}
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ func createTun(cfg Config) (conn net.Conn, itf *net.Interface, err error) {
 	}
 
 	conn = &tunConn{
-		ifce: ifce,
+		ifce: device,
 		addr: &net.IPAddr{IP: ip},
 	}
 	return