diff --git a/libvirt/network.go b/libvirt/network.go
index f0c342e99..13099c548 100644
--- a/libvirt/network.go
+++ b/libvirt/network.go
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ func getNetModeFromResource(d *schema.ResourceData) string {
 	return strings.ToLower(d.Get("mode").(string))
 }
 
-func getNetDevFromResource(d *schema.ResourceData) string {
-	return strings.ToLower(d.Get("dev").(string))
-}
 // getIPsFromResource gets the IPs configurations from the resource definition
 func getIPsFromResource(d *schema.ResourceData) ([]libvirtxml.NetworkIP, error) {
 	addresses, ok := d.GetOk("addresses")
diff --git a/libvirt/network_def_test.go b/libvirt/network_def_test.go
index df0243038..3251448ba 100644
--- a/libvirt/network_def_test.go
+++ b/libvirt/network_def_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestNetworkDefUnmarshall(t *testing.T) {
 			<bridge name="virbr0" stp="on" delay="5" macTableManager="libvirt"/>
 			<mac address='00:16:3E:5D:C7:9E'/>
 			<domain name="example.com" localOnly="no"/>
-			<forward mode='nat' dev='eth0'>
+			<forward mode='nat'>
 				<nat>
 					<address start='1.2.3.4' end='1.2.3.10'/>
 				</nat>
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ func TestNetworkDefUnmarshall(t *testing.T) {
 	if b.Forward.Mode != "nat" {
 		t.Errorf("wrong forward mode: '%s'", b.Forward.Mode)
 	}
-	if b.Forward.Dev != "eth0" {
-		t.Errorf("wrong forward dev: '%s'", b.Forward.Dev)
-	}
 	if len(b.Forward.NAT.Addresses) == 0 {
 		t.Errorf("wrong number of addresses: %s", b.Forward.NAT.Addresses)
 	}
diff --git a/libvirt/resource_libvirt_network.go b/libvirt/resource_libvirt_network.go
index 7df96997f..f4ae45b32 100644
--- a/libvirt/resource_libvirt_network.go
+++ b/libvirt/resource_libvirt_network.go
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ func resourceLibvirtNetwork() *schema.Resource {
 				ForceNew: true,
 				Default:  netModeNat,
 			},
-			"dev": { // device for forward
-				Type:     schema.TypeString,
-				Optional: true,
-				ForceNew: false,
-			},
 			"bridge": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -372,7 +367,6 @@ func resourceLibvirtNetworkCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) erro
 	// check the network mode
 	networkDef.Forward = &libvirtxml.NetworkForward{
 		Mode: getNetModeFromResource(d),
-		Dev:  getNetDevFromResource(d),
 	}
 	if networkDef.Forward.Mode == netModeIsolated || networkDef.Forward.Mode == netModeNat || networkDef.Forward.Mode == netModeRoute {
 
diff --git a/website/docs/r/network.markdown b/website/docs/r/network.markdown
index 69fe46c8f..27819ecf7 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/network.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/network.markdown
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ resource "libvirt_network" "kube_network" {
 
   # mode can be: "nat" (default), "none", "route", "bridge"
   mode = "nat"
-  
-  # (optional) the network device for forward
-  # should be the network device or bridge. prevents talk between nat networks
-  # dev = "eth0"
 
   #  the domain used by the DNS server in this network
   domain = "k8s.local"