diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
index e30110801..759c5f7bb 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ sub start_providers() {
     emit  ( '#',
 	    '# Capture the default route(s) if we don\'t have it (them) already.',
 	    '#',
-	    "[ -f \${VARDIR}/default_route ] || \$IP -$family route ls | save_default_route > \${VARDIR}/default_route",
+	    "[ -f \${VARDIR}/default_route ] || \$IP -$family route list | save_default_route > \${VARDIR}/default_route",
 	    '#',
 	    '# Initialize the file that holds \'undo\' commands',
 	    '#',
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header
index 3705c3f83..425b7c546 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ restore_default_route() # $1 = USE_DEFAULT_RT
 	    #
 	    # We didn't restore a default route with metric 0
 	    #
-	    if $IP -4 -o route ls 2> /dev/null | fgrep default | fgrep -qv metric; then
+	    if $IP -4 -o route list 2> /dev/null | fgrep default | fgrep -qv metric; then
 	       #
 	       # But we added a default route with metric 0
 	       #
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6 b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6
index 26f1092de..8cf782756 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ restore_default_route() # $1 = USE_DEFAULT_RT
 	    #
 	    # We didn't restore a default route with metric 0
 	    #
-	    if $IP -6 -o route ls 2> /dev/null | fgrep default | fgrep -qv metric; then
+	    if $IP -6 -o route list 2> /dev/null | fgrep default | fgrep -qv metric; then
 	       #
 	       # But we added a default route with metric 0
 	       #