diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
index 99933e7d5..a9b0b5c61 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
@@ -1414,11 +1414,12 @@ sub generic_post { #This function is meant to leave the image in a state approxi
    print $cfgfile "#Dummy resolv.conf to make boot cleaner";
    close($cfgfile);
 # TODO
-    if ($prinic) {
-      open($cfgfile,">","$rootimg_dir/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$prinic");
-      print $cfgfile "ONBOOT=yes\nBOOTPROTO=dhcp\nDEVICE=$prinic\n";
-      close($cfgfile);
-    }
+#this code breaks statelite  see defect 3324448
+   #if ($prinic) {
+   #  open($cfgfile,">","$rootimg_dir/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$prinic");
+   #  print $cfgfile "ONBOOT=yes\nBOOTPROTO=dhcp\nDEVICE=$prinic\n";
+   #  close($cfgfile);
+   #}
    foreach (split /,/,$othernics) {
       if (/^$/) { next; }
       open($cfgfile,">","$rootimg_dir/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$_");