diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/App.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/App.kt
index 92b9b23136..7a9d564eee 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/App.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/App.kt
@@ -166,14 +166,14 @@ class App : Application(), libtailscale.AppContext {
             }
 
             if (dns.updateDNSFromNetwork(sb.toString())) {
-              Libtailscale.onDnsConfigChanged(linkProperties?.getInterfaceName())
+              Libtailscale.onDnsConfigChanged()
             }
           }
 
           override fun onLost(network: Network) {
             super.onLost(network)
             if (dns.updateDNSFromNetwork("")) {
-              Libtailscale.onDnsConfigChanged("")
+              Libtailscale.onDnsConfigChanged()
             }
           }
         })
diff --git a/libtailscale/backend.go b/libtailscale/backend.go
index bbe73c3f6b..a5610c6d3d 100644
--- a/libtailscale/backend.go
+++ b/libtailscale/backend.go
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ func (a *App) runBackend(ctx context.Context) error {
 				netns.SetAndroidProtectFunc(nil)
 				service = nil
 			}
-		case i := <-onDNSConfigChanged:
+		case <-onDNSConfigChanged:
 			if b != nil {
-				go b.NetworkChanged(i)
+				go b.NetworkChanged()
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libtailscale/callbacks.go b/libtailscale/callbacks.go
index d35a8a0a55..bc3e489d1e 100644
--- a/libtailscale/callbacks.go
+++ b/libtailscale/callbacks.go
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@ var (
 	// onGoogleToken receives google ID tokens.
 	onGoogleToken = make(chan string)
 
-	// onDNSConfigChanged is notified when the network changes and the DNS config needs to be updated. It receives the updated interface name.
-	onDNSConfigChanged = make(chan string, 1)
+	// onDNSConfigChanged is notified when the network changes and the DNS config needs to be updated.
+	onDNSConfigChanged = make(chan struct{}, 1)
 )
 
-// ifname is the interface name retrieved from LinkProperties on network change, if any.
-func OnDnsConfigChanged(ifname string) {
+func OnDnsConfigChanged() {
 	select {
-	case onDNSConfigChanged <- ifname:
+	case onDNSConfigChanged <- struct{}{}:
 	default:
 	}
 }
diff --git a/libtailscale/net.go b/libtailscale/net.go
index 8d61a3d8d7..49ced685d5 100644
--- a/libtailscale/net.go
+++ b/libtailscale/net.go
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ func (b *backend) CloseTUNs() {
 	b.devices.Shutdown()
 }
 
-// ifname is the interface name retrieved from LinkProperties on network change. If a network is lost, an empty string is passed in.
-func (b *backend) NetworkChanged(ifname string) {
+func (b *backend) NetworkChanged() {
 	defer func() {
 		if p := recover(); p != nil {
 			log.Printf("panic in NetworkChanged %s: %s", p, debug.Stack())
@@ -240,7 +239,6 @@ func (b *backend) NetworkChanged(ifname string) {
 		if nm, ok := b.sys.NetMon.GetOK(); ok {
 			nm.InjectEvent()
 		}
-		interfaces.UpdateLastKnownDefaultRouteInterface(ifname)
 	}
 }