diff --git a/appliance/init b/appliance/init
index b474f313e..be547e3b6 100755
--- a/appliance/init
+++ b/appliance/init
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ ip link set dev eth0 up
 
 ip route add default via 169.254.2.2
 
+echo nameserver 169.254.2.3 > /etc/resolv.conf
+
 # Scan for MDs.
 mdadm -As --auto=yes --run
 
diff --git a/appliance/make.sh.in b/appliance/make.sh.in
index 8ba1fa481..c4b1c64d7 100755
--- a/appliance/make.sh.in
+++ b/appliance/make.sh.in
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ grep -v '^/usr/share/gnome/help/' |
 grep -v '^/usr/share/cracklib/' |
 grep -v '^/usr/share/i18n/' > supermin.d/hostfiles-t
 
-# XXX resolv.conf?  The old script had:
-# echo nameserver 169.254.2.3 > resolv.conf
-if ! grep -q /etc/resolv.conf supermin.d/hostfiles-t; then
-    echo /etc/resolv.conf >> supermin.d/hostfiles-t
-fi
-
 # Include any Augeas lenses from the host.
 if grep -q /usr/share/augeas/lenses supermin.d/hostfiles-t; then
     echo "/usr/share/augeas/lenses/*.aug" >> supermin.d/hostfiles-t
diff --git a/src/launch.c b/src/launch.c
index 9c1c33a31..b7b5b809b 100644
--- a/src/launch.c
+++ b/src/launch.c
@@ -93,13 +93,6 @@ guestfs__launch (guestfs_h *g)
   if (g->backend_ops->launch (g, g->backend_data, g->backend_arg) == -1)
     return -1;
 
-  /* If network is enabled, upload /etc/resolv.conf from the host so
-   * the guest will know how to reach the nameservers.
-   */
-  if (g->enable_network && access ("/etc/resolv.conf", F_OK) == 0) {
-    guestfs_internal_upload (g, "/etc/resolv.conf", "/etc/resolv.conf", 0644);
-  }
-
   return 0;
 }