--- a/networking/vconfig.c
+++ b/networking/vconfig.c
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ static const char name_types[] ALIGN1 =
 	'_', 'N', 'O', '_', 'P', 'A', 'D', 0,
 };
 
-static const char conf_file_name[] ALIGN1 = "/proc/net/vlan/config";
-
 int vconfig_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int vconfig_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -129,10 +127,6 @@ int vconfig_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		bb_show_usage();
 	}
 
-	/* Don't bother closing the filedes.  It will be closed on cleanup. */
-	/* Will die if 802.1q is not present */
-	xopen(conf_file_name, O_RDONLY);
-
 	memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
 
 	++argv;