diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
index 7e8aa17..4fd2687 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -96,115 +96,6 @@
 		batadv_neigh_node_free_ref(router);
 }
 
-/* caller must hold the neigh_list_lock */
-void batadv_bonding_candidate_del(struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
-				  struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node)
-{
-	/* this neighbor is not part of our candidate list */
-	if (list_empty(&neigh_node->bonding_list))
-		goto out;
-
-	list_del_rcu(&neigh_node->bonding_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&neigh_node->bonding_list);
-	batadv_neigh_node_free_ref(neigh_node);
-	atomic_dec(&orig_node->bond_candidates);
-
-out:
-	return;
-}
-
-/**
- * batadv_bonding_candidate_add - consider a new link for bonding mode towards
- *  the given originator
- * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
- * @orig_node: the target node
- * @neigh_node: the neighbor representing the new link to consider for bonding
- *  mode
- */
-void batadv_bonding_candidate_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-				  struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
-				  struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node)
-{
-	struct batadv_algo_ops *bao = bat_priv->bat_algo_ops;
-	struct batadv_neigh_node *tmp_neigh_node, *router = NULL;
-	uint8_t interference_candidate = 0;
-
-	spin_lock_bh(&orig_node->neigh_list_lock);
-
-	/* only consider if it has the same primary address ...  */
-	if (!batadv_compare_eth(orig_node->orig,
-				neigh_node->orig_node->primary_addr))
-		goto candidate_del;
-
-	router = batadv_orig_node_get_router(orig_node);
-	if (!router)
-		goto candidate_del;
-
-
-	/* ... and is good enough to be considered */
-	if (bao->bat_neigh_is_equiv_or_better(neigh_node, router))
-		goto candidate_del;
-
-	/* check if we have another candidate with the same mac address or
-	 * interface. If we do, we won't select this candidate because of
-	 * possible interference.
-	 */
-	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(tmp_neigh_node,
-				 &orig_node->neigh_list, list) {
-		if (tmp_neigh_node == neigh_node)
-			continue;
-
-		/* we only care if the other candidate is even
-		 * considered as candidate.
-		 */
-		if (list_empty(&tmp_neigh_node->bonding_list))
-			continue;
-
-		if ((neigh_node->if_incoming == tmp_neigh_node->if_incoming) ||
-		    (batadv_compare_eth(neigh_node->addr,
-					tmp_neigh_node->addr))) {
-			interference_candidate = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* don't care further if it is an interference candidate */
-	if (interference_candidate)
-		goto candidate_del;
-
-	/* this neighbor already is part of our candidate list */
-	if (!list_empty(&neigh_node->bonding_list))
-		goto out;
-
-	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&neigh_node->refcount))
-		goto out;
-
-	list_add_rcu(&neigh_node->bonding_list, &orig_node->bond_list);
-	atomic_inc(&orig_node->bond_candidates);
-	goto out;
-
-candidate_del:
-	batadv_bonding_candidate_del(orig_node, neigh_node);
-
-out:
-	spin_unlock_bh(&orig_node->neigh_list_lock);
-
-	if (router)
-		batadv_neigh_node_free_ref(router);
-}
-
-/* copy primary address for bonding */
-void
-batadv_bonding_save_primary(const struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
-			    struct batadv_orig_node *orig_neigh_node,
-			    const struct batadv_ogm_packet *batman_ogm_packet)
-{
-	if (!(batman_ogm_packet->flags & BATADV_PRIMARIES_FIRST_HOP))
-		return;
-
-	memcpy(orig_neigh_node->primary_addr, orig_node->orig, ETH_ALEN);
-}
-
 /* checks whether the host restarted and is in the protection time.
  * returns:
  *  0 if the packet is to be accepted
@@ -459,114 +350,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* In the bonding case, send the packets in a round
- * robin fashion over the remaining interfaces.
- *
- * This method rotates the bonding list and increases the
- * returned router's refcount.
- */
-static struct batadv_neigh_node *
-batadv_find_bond_router(struct batadv_orig_node *primary_orig,
-			const struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if)
-{
-	struct batadv_neigh_node *tmp_neigh_node;
-	struct batadv_neigh_node *router = NULL, *first_candidate = NULL;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(tmp_neigh_node, &primary_orig->bond_list,
-				bonding_list) {
-		if (!first_candidate)
-			first_candidate = tmp_neigh_node;
-
-		/* recv_if == NULL on the first node. */
-		if (tmp_neigh_node->if_incoming == recv_if)
-			continue;
-
-		if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&tmp_neigh_node->refcount))
-			continue;
-
-		router = tmp_neigh_node;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	/* use the first candidate if nothing was found. */
-	if (!router && first_candidate &&
-	    atomic_inc_not_zero(&first_candidate->refcount))
-		router = first_candidate;
-
-	if (!router)
-		goto out;
-
-	/* selected should point to the next element
-	 * after the current router
-	 */
-	spin_lock_bh(&primary_orig->neigh_list_lock);
-	/* this is a list_move(), which unfortunately
-	 * does not exist as rcu version
-	 */
-	list_del_rcu(&primary_orig->bond_list);
-	list_add_rcu(&primary_orig->bond_list,
-		     &router->bonding_list);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&primary_orig->neigh_list_lock);
-
-out:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	return router;
-}
-
-/**
- * batadv_find_ifalter_router - find the best of the remaining candidates which
- *  are not using this interface
- * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
- * @primary_orig: the destination
- * @recv_if: the interface that the router returned by this function has to not
- *  use
- *
- * Returns the best candidate towards primary_orig that is not using recv_if.
- * Increases the returned neighbor's refcount
- */
-static struct batadv_neigh_node *
-batadv_find_ifalter_router(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-			   struct batadv_orig_node *primary_orig,
-			   const struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if)
-{
-	struct batadv_neigh_node *router = NULL, *first_candidate = NULL;
-	struct batadv_algo_ops *bao = bat_priv->bat_algo_ops;
-	struct batadv_neigh_node *tmp_neigh_node;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(tmp_neigh_node, &primary_orig->bond_list,
-				bonding_list) {
-		if (!first_candidate)
-			first_candidate = tmp_neigh_node;
-
-		/* recv_if == NULL on the first node. */
-		if (tmp_neigh_node->if_incoming == recv_if)
-			continue;
-
-		if (router && bao->bat_neigh_cmp(tmp_neigh_node, router))
-			continue;
-
-		if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&tmp_neigh_node->refcount))
-			continue;
-
-		/* decrement refcount of previously selected router */
-		if (router)
-			batadv_neigh_node_free_ref(router);
-
-		/* we found a better router (or at least one valid router) */
-		router = tmp_neigh_node;
-	}
-
-	/* use the first candidate if nothing was found. */
-	if (!router && first_candidate &&
-	    atomic_inc_not_zero(&first_candidate->refcount))
-		router = first_candidate;
-
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	return router;
-}
-
 /**
  * batadv_check_unicast_packet - Check for malformed unicast packets
  * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
@@ -604,95 +387,30 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* find a suitable router for this originator, and use
- * bonding if possible. increases the found neighbors
- * refcount.
+/**
+ * batadv_find_router - find a suitable router for this originator
+ * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
+ * @orig_node: the destination node
+ * @recv_if: pointer to interface this packet was received on
+ *
+ * Returns the router which should be used for this orig_node on
+ * this interface, or NULL if not available.
  */
 struct batadv_neigh_node *
 batadv_find_router(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		   struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 		   const struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if)
 {
-	struct batadv_orig_node *primary_orig_node;
-	struct batadv_orig_node *router_orig;
 	struct batadv_neigh_node *router;
-	static uint8_t zero_mac[ETH_ALEN] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
-	int bonding_enabled;
-	uint8_t *primary_addr;
 
 	if (!orig_node)
 		return NULL;
 
 	router = batadv_orig_node_get_router(orig_node);
-	if (!router)
-		goto err;
 
-	/* without bonding, the first node should
-	 * always choose the default router.
-	 */
-	bonding_enabled = atomic_read(&bat_priv->bonding);
+	/* TODO: fill this later with new bonding mechanism */
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	/* select default router to output */
-	router_orig = router->orig_node;
-	if (!router_orig)
-		goto err_unlock;
-
-	if ((!recv_if) && (!bonding_enabled))
-		goto return_router;
-
-	primary_addr = router_orig->primary_addr;
-
-	/* if we have something in the primary_addr, we can search
-	 * for a potential bonding candidate.
-	 */
-	if (batadv_compare_eth(primary_addr, zero_mac))
-		goto return_router;
-
-	/* find the orig_node which has the primary interface. might
-	 * even be the same as our router_orig in many cases
-	 */
-	if (batadv_compare_eth(primary_addr, router_orig->orig)) {
-		primary_orig_node = router_orig;
-	} else {
-		primary_orig_node = batadv_orig_hash_find(bat_priv,
-							  primary_addr);
-		if (!primary_orig_node)
-			goto return_router;
-
-		batadv_orig_node_free_ref(primary_orig_node);
-	}
-
-	/* with less than 2 candidates, we can't do any
-	 * bonding and prefer the original router.
-	 */
-	if (atomic_read(&primary_orig_node->bond_candidates) < 2)
-		goto return_router;
-
-	/* all nodes between should choose a candidate which
-	 * is is not on the interface where the packet came
-	 * in.
-	 */
-	batadv_neigh_node_free_ref(router);
-
-	if (bonding_enabled)
-		router = batadv_find_bond_router(primary_orig_node, recv_if);
-	else
-		router = batadv_find_ifalter_router(bat_priv, primary_orig_node,
-						    recv_if);
-
-return_router:
-	if (router && router->if_incoming->if_status != BATADV_IF_ACTIVE)
-		goto err_unlock;
-
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return router;
-err_unlock:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-err:
-	if (router)
-		batadv_neigh_node_free_ref(router);
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 static int batadv_route_unicast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,