diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
index e07a2d691..856c34948 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Tc.pm
@@ -523,11 +523,7 @@ sub setup_traffic_shaping() {
 	# add filters
 	#
 	unless ( $devref->{classify} ) {
-	    if ( "$capabilities{CLASSIFY_TARGET}" && known_interface $device ) {
-		push @deferred_rules, match_dest_dev( $device ) . "-m mark --mark $mark/0xFF -j CLASSIFY --set-class $classid";
-	    } else {
-		emit "run_tc filter add dev $device protocol ip parent $devnum:0 prio 1 handle $mark fw classid $classid";
-	    }
+	    emit "run_tc filter add dev $device protocol ip parent $devnum:0 prio 1 handle $mark fw classid $classid";
 	}
 	#
 	#options