diff --git a/collector/network_route_linux.go b/collector/network_route_linux.go
index a6eca841..cdd0c8cc 100644
--- a/collector/network_route_linux.go
+++ b/collector/network_route_linux.go
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ package collector
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
+	"github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
 )
 
 type networkRouteCollector struct {
@@ -58,46 +59,68 @@ func NewNetworkRouteCollector(logger log.Logger) (Collector, error) {
 func (n networkRouteCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
 	deviceRoutes := make(map[string]int)
 
-	routes, err := netlink.RouteList(nil, netlink.FAMILY_V4)
+	conn, err := rtnetlink.Dial(nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get route list: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't connect rtnetlink: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	links, err := conn.Link.List()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get links: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	routes, err := conn.Route.List()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get routes: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	for _, route := range routes {
-		if len(route.MultiPath) != 0 { // route has multipath
-			for _, nexthop := range route.MultiPath {
-				link, err := netlink.LinkByIndex(nexthop.LinkIndex)
-				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get link by index: %w", err)
+		if route.Type != unix.RTA_DST {
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(route.Attributes.Multipath) != 0 {
+			for _, nextHop := range route.Attributes.Multipath {
+				ifName := ""
+				for _, link := range links {
+					if link.Index == nextHop.Hop.IfIndex {
+						ifName = link.Attributes.Name
+						break
+					}
 				}
+
 				labels := []string{
-					link.Attrs().Name,                            // if
-					networkRouteIPToString(route.Src),            // src
-					networkRouteIPNetToString(route.Dst),         // dest
-					networkRouteIPToString(nexthop.Gw),           // gw
-					strconv.Itoa(route.Priority),                 // priority(metrics)
-					networkRouteProtocolToString(route.Protocol), // proto
-					strconv.Itoa(nexthop.Hops + 1),               // weight
+					ifName, // if
+					networkRouteIPToString(route.Attributes.Src),                            // src
+					networkRouteIPWithPrefixToString(route.Attributes.Dst, route.DstLength), // dest
+					networkRouteIPToString(nextHop.Gateway),                                 // gw
+					strconv.FormatUint(uint64(route.Attributes.Priority), 10),               // priority(metrics)
+					networkRouteProtocolToString(route.Protocol),                            // proto
+					strconv.Itoa(int(nextHop.Hop.Hops) + 1),                                 // weight
 				}
 				ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(n.routeDesc, prometheus.GaugeValue, 1, labels...)
-				deviceRoutes[link.Attrs().Name]++
+				deviceRoutes[ifName]++
 			}
 		} else {
-			link, err := netlink.LinkByIndex(route.LinkIndex)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("couldn't get link by index: %w", err)
+			ifName := ""
+			for _, link := range links {
+				if link.Index == route.Attributes.OutIface {
+					ifName = link.Attributes.Name
+					break
+				}
 			}
+
 			labels := []string{
-				link.Attrs().Name,                            // if
-				networkRouteIPToString(route.Src),            // src
-				networkRouteIPNetToString(route.Dst),         // dest
-				networkRouteIPToString(route.Gw),             // gw
-				strconv.Itoa(route.Priority),                 // priority(metrics)
-				networkRouteProtocolToString(route.Protocol), // proto
+				ifName, // if
+				networkRouteIPToString(route.Attributes.Src),                            // src
+				networkRouteIPWithPrefixToString(route.Attributes.Dst, route.DstLength), // dest
+				networkRouteIPToString(route.Attributes.Gateway),                        // gw
+				strconv.FormatUint(uint64(route.Attributes.Priority), 10),               // priority(metrics)
+				networkRouteProtocolToString(route.Protocol),                            // proto
 				"", // weight
 			}
 			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(n.routeDesc, prometheus.GaugeValue, 1, labels...)
-			deviceRoutes[link.Attrs().Name]++
+			deviceRoutes[ifName]++
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -108,11 +131,19 @@ func (n networkRouteCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func networkRouteIPNetToString(ip *net.IPNet) string {
-	if ip == nil {
+func networkRouteIPWithPrefixToString(ip net.IP, len uint8) string {
+	if len == 0 {
 		return "default"
 	}
-	return ip.String()
+	iplen := net.IPv4len
+	if ip.To4() == nil {
+		iplen = net.IPv6len
+	}
+	network := &net.IPNet{
+		IP:   ip,
+		Mask: net.CIDRMask(int(len), iplen*8),
+	}
+	return network.String()
 }
 
 func networkRouteIPToString(ip net.IP) string {
@@ -122,7 +153,7 @@ func networkRouteIPToString(ip net.IP) string {
 	return ip.String()
 }
 
-func networkRouteProtocolToString(protocol int) string {
+func networkRouteProtocolToString(protocol uint8) string {
 	// from linux kernel 'include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h'
 	switch protocol {
 	case 0:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 84a48384..43f061d7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-kit/kit v0.10.0
 	github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20190402143921-271e53dc4968
 	github.com/hodgesds/perf-utils v0.0.8
+	github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v0.0.0-20201125080424-8bebea019a6c
 	github.com/lufia/iostat v1.1.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-xmlrpc v0.0.3
 	github.com/mdlayher/genetlink v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mdlayher/wifi v0.0.0-20200527114002-84f0b9457fdd
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.2.0
 	github.com/siebenmann/go-kstat v0.0.0-20200303194639-4e8294f9e9d5
 	github.com/soundcloud/go-runit v0.0.0-20150630195641-06ad41a06c4a
-	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200820211705-5c72a883971a
 	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20200302205851-738671d3881b // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201202161906-c7110b5ffcbb // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20200317015054-43a5402ce75a // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200922070232-aee5d888a860
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201202213521-69691e467435
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200513201620-d5fe73897c97 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e828d2a4..3a35c8c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1 h1:Xye71clBPdm5HgqGwUkwhbynsUJZhDbS20FvLhQ2izg=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0 h1:xsAVV57WRhGj6kEIi8ReJzQlHHqcBYCElAvkovg3B/4=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4 h1:L8R9j+yAqZuZjsqh/z+F1NCffTKKLShY6zXTItVIZ8M=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.0.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
@@ -162,6 +165,9 @@ github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v0.0.0-20190830100107-3784a6c7c552 h1:Ve/e6edHdA
 github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v0.0.0-20190830100107-3784a6c7c552/go.mod h1:Oz+70psSo5OFh8DBl0Zv2ACw7Esh6pPUphlvZG9x7uw=
 github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v0.0.0-20200117123717-f846d4f6c1f4 h1:nwOc1YaOrYJ37sEBrtWZrdqzK22hiJs3GpDmP3sR2Yw=
 github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v0.0.0-20200117123717-f846d4f6c1f4/go.mod h1:WGuG/smIU4J/54PblvSbh+xvCZmpJnFgr3ds6Z55XMQ=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v0.0.0-20201009170750-9c6f07d100c1/go.mod h1:hqoO/u39cqLeBLebZ8fWdE96O7FxrAsRYhnVOdgHxok=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v0.0.0-20201125080424-8bebea019a6c h1:SIKkaHgrNzRnHEB3QtUR3VUwy9+QpnTwhZ9GYBC0QyU=
+github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v0.0.0-20201125080424-8bebea019a6c/go.mod h1:cR77jAZG3Y3bsb8hF6fHJbFoyFukLFOkQ98S0pQz3xw=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.7/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.8/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
@@ -203,6 +209,8 @@ github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.0.0 h1:vySPY5Oxnn/8lxAPn2cK6kAzcZzYJl3KriSLO46OT1
 github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KxeJAFOFLG6AjpyDkQ/iIhxygIUKD+vcwqcnu43w/+M=
 github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.1.0 h1:mpdLgm+brq10nI9zM1BpX1kpDbh3NLl3RSnVq6ZSkfg=
 github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.1.0/go.mod h1:H4WCitaheIsdF9yOYu8CFmCgQthAPIWZmcKp9uZHgmY=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.1.1 h1:VqG+Voq9V4uZ+04vjIrcSCWDpf91B1xxbP4QBUmUJE8=
+github.com/mdlayher/netlink v1.1.1/go.mod h1:WTYpFb/WTvlRJAyKhZL5/uy69TDDpHHu2VZmb2XgV7o=
 github.com/mdlayher/wifi v0.0.0-20200527114002-84f0b9457fdd h1:50p1vPNK43pzCVX10+5MmiOerbBzC1vR6+sLB3FZewE=
 github.com/mdlayher/wifi v0.0.0-20200527114002-84f0b9457fdd/go.mod h1:Evt/EIne46u9PtQbeTx2NTcqURpr5K4SvKtGmBuDPN8=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.0.14/go.mod h1:W1PPwlIAgtquWBMBEV9nkV9Cazfe8ScdGz/Lj7v3Nrg=
@@ -329,10 +337,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81P
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20170815181823-89b8d40f7ca8/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0/go.mod h1:70zkFmudgCuE/ngEzBv17Jvp/497gISqfk5gWijbERA=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.1/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtXRu0=
-github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0 h1:1iyaYNBLmP6L0220aDnYQpo1QEV4t4hJ+xEEhhJH8j0=
-github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0/go.mod h1:cTgwzPIzzgDAYoQrMm0EdrjRUBkTqKYppBueQtXaqoE=
-github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df h1:OviZH7qLw/7ZovXvuNyL3XQl8UFofeikI1NW1Gypu7k=
-github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df/go.mod h1:JP3t17pCcGlemwknint6hfoeCVQrEMVwxRLRjXpq+BU=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.3/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
@@ -404,6 +408,11 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200202094626-16171245cfb2/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLL
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
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 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200625001655-4c5254603344/go.mod h1:/O7V0waA8r7cgGh81Ro3o1hOxt32SMVPicZroKQ2sZA=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201010224723-4f7140c49acb h1:mUVeFHoDKis5nxCAzoAi7E8Ghb86EXh/RK6wtvJIqRY=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201010224723-4f7140c49acb/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201110031124-69a78807bb2b/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201202161906-c7110b5ffcbb h1:eBmm0M9fYhWpKZLjQUUKka/LtIxf46G4fxeEz5KJr9U=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201202161906-c7110b5ffcbb/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
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@@ -431,7 +440,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190411185658-b44545bcd369/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190502145724-3ef323f4f1fd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190606203320-7fc4e5ec1444/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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@@ -445,11 +453,17 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200922070232-aee5d888a860/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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+golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 h1:cokOdA+Jmi5PJGXLlLllQSgYigAEfHXJAERHVMaCc2k=
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