diff --git a/src/middlewared/debian/control b/src/middlewared/debian/control
index f1da12930b53b..df8fc0d1ed180 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/debian/control
+++ b/src/middlewared/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Build-Depends: alembic,
                python3-apps-validation,
                python3-asyncssh,
                python3-aws-requests-auth,
-               python3-bidict,
                python3-boto3,
                python3-certbot-dns-cloudflare,
                python3-certbot-dns-digitalocean,
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@ Depends: alembic,
          python3-apps-validation,
          python3-asyncssh,
          python3-aws-requests-auth,
-         python3-bidict,
          python3-boto3,
          python3-certbot-dns-cloudflare,
          python3-certbot-dns-digitalocean,
diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/interface/netif_linux/routing.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/interface/netif_linux/routing.py
index 2186b94ace9df..94f32a0ca1ae6 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/interface/netif_linux/routing.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/interface/netif_linux/routing.py
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding=utf-8 -*-
-import collections
 import enum
 import ipaddress
 import logging
 import os
 import socket
 
-import bidict
 from pyroute2 import IPRoute
 from pyroute2.netlink.exceptions import NetlinkDumpInterrupted
 
@@ -209,7 +207,7 @@ def delete(self, route):
         self._op("delete", route)
 
     def _interfaces(self):
-        return bidict.bidict({i["index"]: dict(i["attrs"]).get("IFLA_IFNAME") for i in self._ip_links()})
+        return {i["index"]: dict(i["attrs"]).get("IFLA_IFNAME") for i in self._ip_links()}
 
     def _ip_links(self):
         retries = 5
@@ -229,19 +227,20 @@ def _op(self, op, route):
         else:
             raise RuntimeError()
 
-        kwargs = dict(dst=f"{route.network}/{prefixlen}", gateway=str(route.gateway) if route.gateway else None)
-        for key, value in map(
-            lambda v: [v[0], v[1]() if isinstance(v[1], collections.abc.Callable) else v[1]],
-            filter(
-                lambda v: v[2] if len(v) == 3 else v[1], (
-                    ("oif", lambda: self._interfaces().inv[route.interface], route.interface is not None),
-                    ("table", route.table_id),
-                    ("scope", route.scope),
-                    ("prefsrc", route.preferred_source),
-                )
-            )
-        ):
-            kwargs[key] = value
+        kwargs = {
+            "dst": f"{route.network}/{prefixlen}",
+            "gateway": str(route.gateway) if route.gateway else None,
+            "oif": None,
+            "table": route.table_id,
+            "scope": route.scope,
+            "prefsrc": route.preferred_source,
+        }
+        if route.interface is not None:
+            for i in self._ip_links():
+                ifname = dict(i["attrs"]).get("IFLA_IFNAME")
+                if ifname is not None and ifname == route.interface:
+                    kwargs["oif"] = i["index"]
+                    break
 
         ip.route(op, **kwargs)