util/ioctl: cut vain check on GetIfaceMaxHWHeaderLength

diff --git a/src/util-ioctl.c b/src/util-ioctl.c
index 4926cefde8e6aa322bd01097a9df4afd19828c42..96ebe0b5ee98cd933b553932285905a840cbfefb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/util-ioctl.c
+++ b/src/util-ioctl.c
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ int GetIfaceMaxPacketSize(const char *pcap_dev)
             return 0;
     }
     int ll_header = GetIfaceMaxHWHeaderLength(pcap_dev);
-    if (ll_header == -1) {
-        /* be conservative, choose a big one */
-        ll_header = 16;
-    }
     return ll_header + mtu;
 }