diff --git a/package/confd/confd.mk b/package/confd/confd.mk
index 56e1afc6..8654f2b4 100644
--- a/package/confd/confd.mk
+++ b/package/confd/confd.mk
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ CONFD_SITE = $(BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH)/src/confd
 CONFD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 CONFD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 CONFD_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
-CONFD_DEPENDENCIES = host-sysrepo netopeer2 augeas jansson libite sysrepo libsrx libglib2
+CONFD_DEPENDENCIES = host-sysrepo augeas jansson libite sysrepo libsrx libglib2
 CONFD_AUTORECONF = YES
 
-CONFD_SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX = sr_buildroot$(subst /,_,$(CONFIG_DIR))_netopeer2
+CONFD_SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX = sr_buildroot$(subst /,_,$(CONFIG_DIR))_confd
 
-echo "prefix: $(CONFD_SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX)"
 define CONFD_CONF_ENV
 CFLAGS="$(INFIX_CFLAGS)"
 endef
@@ -383,8 +382,9 @@ define CONFD_PERMISSIONS
 endef
 
 define CONFD_CLEANUP
-	rm -f /dev/shm/$(NETOPEER2_SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX)*
+	rm -f /dev/shm/$(CONFD_SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX)*
 endef
+CONFD_PRE_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += CONFD_CLEANUP
 CONFD_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += CONFD_INSTALL_EXTRA
 CONFD_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += CONFD_INSTALL_YANG_MODULES
 CONFD_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += CONFD_CLEANUP