diff --git a/zabbix_scripts/disco_net_interface b/zabbix_scripts/disco_net_interface
index d73b58d..458767d 100644
--- a/zabbix_scripts/disco_net_interface
+++ b/zabbix_scripts/disco_net_interface
@@ -7,13 +7,8 @@ my @nics = grep { $_ !~ m/^\./ } readdir($dh);
 closedir($dh);
 my $json;
 foreach my $nic (@nics){
-    # Untaint $nic and makes sure the name looks OK
-    next unless ($nic =~ m/^(\w+[\.:]?\d+)$/);
+    next unless ($nic =~ m/^(\w+[\.:]?(\d+)?)$/);
     $nic = $1;
-    next if (
-        # skip non links
-        !-l "/sys/class/net/$nic"
-    );
     push @{$json->{data}}, { "{#IFNAME}" => $nic};
 }
 print to_json($json) if (defined $json->{data});