diff --git a/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/router.yaml b/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/router.yaml
index adbc8d9..5e9c832 100644
--- a/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/router.yaml
+++ b/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/router.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 systemd_networkd__config_dir: 'resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd/'
-systemd_networkd__global_config: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd_global_config.conf') }}"
 nftables__config: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'resources/chaosknoten/router/nftables/nftables.conf') }}"
 ansible_pull__timer_on_calendar: "*-*-* 04:00:00 Europe/Berlin"
 ansible_pull__timer_randomized_delay_sec: 0min
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd/20-net1.network b/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd/20-net1.network
index 5c14d8d..c8bffc1 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd/20-net1.network
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd/20-net1.network
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Name=net1
 
 [Network]
 DNS=212.12.50.158
+IPForward=ipv4
 IPv6AcceptRA=no
 
 [Address]
@@ -10,3 +11,4 @@ Address=212.12.48.123/24
 
 [Route]
 Gateway=212.12.48.55
+
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd/20-net2.network b/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd/20-net2.network
index 39d1f03..b3f497d 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd/20-net2.network
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd/20-net2.network
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Name=net2
 
 [Network]
 #DNS=212.12.50.158
+IPForward=ipv6
 IPv6AcceptRA=no
 
 [Address]
@@ -10,3 +11,4 @@ Address=2a00:14b0:4200:3500::130:2/112
 
 [Route]
 Gateway=2a00:14b0:4200:3500::130:1
+
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd_global_config.conf b/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd_global_config.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d3d8a3..0000000
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/router/systemd_networkd_global_config.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[Network]
-IPv4Forwarding=true
-IPv6Forwarding=true
diff --git a/roles/systemd_networkd/README.md b/roles/systemd_networkd/README.md
index ac7f115..3297c47 100644
--- a/roles/systemd_networkd/README.md
+++ b/roles/systemd_networkd/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,3 @@ Should work on Debian-based distributions.
 ## Required Arguments
 
 - `systemd_networkd__config_dir`: Directory with systemd-networkd configs to deploy.
-
-## Optional Arguments
-
-- `systemd_networkd__global_config`: systemd-networkd global configuration to deploy (see `man 5 networkd.conf`).  
-  Defaults to `` (the empty string);
diff --git a/roles/systemd_networkd/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/systemd_networkd/defaults/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e84ed28..0000000
--- a/roles/systemd_networkd/defaults/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-systemd_networkd__global_config: ""
diff --git a/roles/systemd_networkd/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/systemd_networkd/tasks/main.yaml
index cc8f4d9..f88ed14 100644
--- a/roles/systemd_networkd/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/systemd_networkd/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -12,21 +12,3 @@
     recursive: true
     delete: true
   become: true
-
-- name: ensure global systemd-networkd config directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/etc/systemd/networkd.conf.d"
-    state: directory
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: "0755"
-  become: true
-
-- name: ensure global systemd-networkd config is deployed
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    content: "{{ systemd_networkd__global_config }}"
-    dest: "/etc/systemd/networkd.conf.d/20-ansible.conf"
-    mode: "0644"
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-  become: true