diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/configeth b/xCAT/postscripts/configeth
index 151d9766f..9133ea09a 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/configeth
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/configeth
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function configipv4(){
             fi
         else
             echo "DEVICE=${str_if_name}" > $str_conf_file
-            echo "BOOTPROTO=static" >> $str_conf_file
+            echo "BOOTPROTO=none" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "NM_CONTROLLED=no" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "IPADDR=${str_v4ip}" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "NETMASK=${str_v4mask}" >> $str_conf_file