diff --git a/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel.rs b/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel.rs
index e98f9177c..7eb823716 100644
--- a/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel.rs
+++ b/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel.rs
@@ -34,14 +34,11 @@ use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::io;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll, Waker};
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use tun::Tun;
 
 pub struct Device {
-    mtu: usize,
     tun: Option<Tun>,
     waker: Option<Waker>,
-    mtu_refreshed_at: Instant,
 }
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
@@ -64,9 +61,7 @@ impl Device {
     pub(crate) fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             tun: None,
-            mtu: 1_280,
             waker: None,
-            mtu_refreshed_at: Instant::now(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -77,11 +72,7 @@ impl Device {
         dns_config: Vec<IpAddr>,
         callbacks: &impl Callbacks,
     ) -> Result<(), ConnlibError> {
-        let tun = Tun::new(config, dns_config, callbacks)?;
-        let mtu = ioctl::interface_mtu_by_name(tun.name())?;
-
-        self.tun = Some(tun);
-        self.mtu = mtu;
+        self.tun = Some(Tun::new(config, dns_config, callbacks)?);
 
         if let Some(waker) = self.waker.take() {
             waker.wake();
@@ -105,8 +96,6 @@ impl Device {
             self.tun = Some(Tun::new()?);
         }
 
-        self.mtu = ioctl::interface_mtu_by_name(self.tun.as_ref().unwrap().name())?;
-
         callbacks.on_set_interface_config(config.ipv4, config.ipv6, dns_config);
 
         if let Some(waker) = self.waker.take() {
@@ -144,20 +133,14 @@ impl Device {
         buf: &'b mut [u8],
         cx: &mut Context<'_>,
     ) -> Poll<io::Result<MutableIpPacket<'b>>> {
+        use pnet_packet::Packet as _;
+
         let Some(tun) = self.tun.as_mut() else {
             self.waker = Some(cx.waker().clone());
             return Poll::Pending;
         };
 
-        use pnet_packet::Packet as _;
-
-        if self.mtu_refreshed_at.elapsed() > Duration::from_secs(30) {
-            let mtu = ioctl::interface_mtu_by_name(tun.name())?;
-            self.mtu = mtu;
-            self.mtu_refreshed_at = Instant::now();
-        }
-
-        let n = std::task::ready!(tun.poll_read(&mut buf[..self.mtu], cx))?;
+        let n = std::task::ready!(tun.poll_read(buf, cx))?;
 
         if n == 0 {
             return Poll::Ready(Err(io::Error::new(
@@ -184,18 +167,14 @@ impl Device {
         buf: &'b mut [u8],
         cx: &mut Context<'_>,
     ) -> Poll<io::Result<MutableIpPacket<'b>>> {
+        use pnet_packet::Packet as _;
+
         let Some(tun) = self.tun.as_mut() else {
             self.waker = Some(cx.waker().clone());
             return Poll::Pending;
         };
 
-        use pnet_packet::Packet as _;
-
-        if self.mtu_refreshed_at.elapsed() > Duration::from_secs(30) {
-            // TODO
-        }
-
-        let n = std::task::ready!(tun.poll_read(&mut buf[..self.mtu], cx))?;
+        let n = std::task::ready!(tun.poll_read(buf, cx))?;
 
         if n == 0 {
             return Poll::Ready(Err(io::Error::new(
@@ -254,23 +233,10 @@ fn io_error_not_initialized() -> io::Error {
     io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::NotConnected, "device is not initialized yet")
 }
 
-#[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
 mod ioctl {
     use super::*;
     use std::os::fd::RawFd;
-    use tun::SIOCGIFMTU;
-
-    pub(crate) fn interface_mtu_by_name(name: &str) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        let socket = Socket::ip4()?;
-        let mut request = Request::<GetInterfaceMtuPayload>::new(name)?;
-
-        // Safety: The file descriptor is open.
-        unsafe {
-            exec(socket.fd, SIOCGIFMTU, &mut request)?;
-        }
-
-        Ok(request.payload.mtu as usize)
-    }
 
     /// Executes the `ioctl` syscall on the given file descriptor with the provided request.
     ///
@@ -299,52 +265,4 @@ mod ioctl {
         pub(crate) name: [std::ffi::c_uchar; libc::IF_NAMESIZE],
         pub(crate) payload: P,
     }
-
-    /// A socket newtype which closes the file descriptor on drop.
-    struct Socket {
-        fd: RawFd,
-    }
-
-    impl Socket {
-        fn ip4() -> io::Result<Socket> {
-            // Safety: All provided parameters are constants.
-            let fd = unsafe { libc::socket(libc::AF_INET, libc::SOCK_STREAM, libc::IPPROTO_IP) };
-
-            if fd == -1 {
-                return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
-            }
-
-            Ok(Self { fd })
-        }
-    }
-
-    impl Drop for Socket {
-        fn drop(&mut self) {
-            // Safety: This is the only call to `close` and it happens when `Guard` is being dropped.
-            unsafe { libc::close(self.fd) };
-        }
-    }
-
-    impl Request<GetInterfaceMtuPayload> {
-        fn new(name: &str) -> io::Result<Self> {
-            if name.len() > libc::IF_NAMESIZE {
-                return Err(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput.into());
-            }
-
-            let mut request = Request {
-                name: [0u8; libc::IF_NAMESIZE],
-                payload: Default::default(),
-            };
-
-            request.name[..name.len()].copy_from_slice(name.as_bytes());
-
-            Ok(request)
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[derive(Default)]
-    #[repr(C)]
-    struct GetInterfaceMtuPayload {
-        mtu: libc::c_int,
-    }
 }
diff --git a/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel/tun_darwin.rs b/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel/tun_darwin.rs
index f0bd47e42..7a12f742a 100644
--- a/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel/tun_darwin.rs
+++ b/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel/tun_darwin.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ use std::{
 use tokio::io::unix::AsyncFd;
 
 const CTL_NAME: &[u8] = b"com.apple.net.utun_control";
-/// `libc` for darwin doesn't define this constant so we declare it here.
-pub(crate) const SIOCGIFMTU: u64 = 0x0000_0000_c020_6933;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Tun {
diff --git a/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel/tun_linux.rs b/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel/tun_linux.rs
index 5b42da76b..9ac611ad1 100644
--- a/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel/tun_linux.rs
+++ b/rust/connlib/tunnel/src/device_channel/tun_linux.rs
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ use std::{
 };
 use tokio::io::unix::AsyncFd;
 
-pub(crate) const SIOCGIFMTU: libc::c_ulong = libc::SIOCGIFMTU;
-
 const IFACE_NAME: &str = "tun-firezone";
 const TUNSETIFF: libc::c_ulong = 0x4004_54ca;
 const TUN_DEV_MAJOR: u32 = 10;