diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 60afb00..eb815dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bitflags"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aad18937a628ec6abcd26d1489012cc0e18c21798210f491af69ded9b881106d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -413,9 +407,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.139"
+version = "0.2.149"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "201de327520df007757c1f0adce6e827fe8562fbc28bfd9c15571c66ca1f5f79"
+checksum = "a08173bc88b7955d1b3145aa561539096c421ac8debde8cbc3612ec635fee29b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
@@ -455,7 +449,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
- "netdevice",
  "pcap",
  "pcap-file",
  "pnet",
@@ -481,16 +474,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "netdevice"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38e2f7ba898cd2fef0e36f91c9cd2bf3b849a2a31510d5f7e1cf515cbf698198"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 0.7.0",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "no-std-net"
 version = "0.6.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0f7cb31..0381c2b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ flate2 = "1.0"
 itertools = "0.11.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4.20"
-netdevice = "0.1.1"
 pcap = "1.1.0"
 pcap-file = "2.0.0"
 pnet = { version = "0.33.0", features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/src/masscanned.rs b/src/masscanned.rs
index ea442ce..5198dec 100644
--- a/src/masscanned.rs
+++ b/src/masscanned.rs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ fn main() {
         );
         return;
     };
-    if iface.flags & (netdevice::IFF_UP.bits() as u32) == 0 {
+    if !iface.is_up() {
         error!("specified interface is DOWN");
         return;
     }
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ fn main() {
     let (mut tx, mut rx) = get_channel(masscanned.iface.unwrap());
     loop {
         /* check if network interface is still up */
-        if masscanned.iface.unwrap().flags & (netdevice::IFF_UP.bits() as u32) == 0 {
+        if !masscanned.iface.unwrap().is_up() {
             error!("interface is DOWN - aborting");
             break;
         }