diff --git a/sbin/if_down b/sbin/if_down
index f88fa93..cff0648 100755
--- a/sbin/if_down
+++ b/sbin/if_down
@@ -40,13 +40,7 @@ if pgrep vtun >/dev/null; then
 fi
 if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/net/${DEV}.dhcp ]; then
 	echo -n "Stopping dhclient for $DEV"
-	DHPID=`ps -ef|grep dhclient|grep ${DEV}|awk '{print $2}'`
-	if [ "$DHPID" ]; then
-		kill $DHPID
-	fi
-	evaluate_retval
-	echo -n "Shutting down Interface $DEV"
-	ifconfig $DEV 0.0.0.0 down
+	dhcpcd -k $DEV
 	evaluate_retval
 elif [ -f /etc/sysconfig/net/hostname.${DEV} ]; then
 	HOST=`cat /etc/sysconfig/net/hostname.${DEV}|awk '{print $1}'`
diff --git a/sbin/if_up b/sbin/if_up
index f9233e3..ec1b5e6 100755
--- a/sbin/if_up
+++ b/sbin/if_up
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/net/${DEV}.dhcp ]; then
   #only if there is a link, we will setup the interface..
   if CheckForLink ${DEV}; then
   	echo -n "Setting up ${DEV} with dhcp"
-  	dhclient -q ${DEV}
+  	dhcpcd -q ${DEV}
   	evaluate_retval
   else
 	ifconfig ${DEV} down