diff -urN weave-2.8.1.orig/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh weave-2.8.1/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
--- weave-2.8.1.orig/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh	2021-01-25 11:55:30.000000000 +0100
+++ weave-2.8.1/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh	2021-02-02 11:46:39.505699795 +0100
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     fi
 }
 
-setup_iptables_backend
+#setup_iptables_backend
 
 # Default if not supplied - same as weave net default
 IPALLOC_RANGE=${IPALLOC_RANGE:-10.32.0.0/12}
diff -urN weave-2.8.1.orig/prog/weave-npc/launch.sh weave-2.8.1/prog/weave-npc/launch.sh
--- weave-2.8.1.orig/prog/weave-npc/launch.sh	2021-01-25 11:55:30.000000000 +0100
+++ weave-2.8.1/prog/weave-npc/launch.sh	2021-02-02 11:46:39.505699795 +0100
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     fi
 }
 
-setup_iptables_backend
+#setup_iptables_backend
 
 # Start weave-npc with any flags specified in $EXTRA_ARGS as well as any flags passed to this container (for backwards compatibility)
 exec /usr/bin/weave-npc $EXTRA_ARGS $@