diff --git a/package/gluon-hoodselector/luasrc/usr/lib/lua/hoodselector/util.lua b/package/gluon-hoodselector/luasrc/usr/lib/lua/hoodselector/util.lua
index cce97788..3da92a65 100644
--- a/package/gluon-hoodselector/luasrc/usr/lib/lua/hoodselector/util.lua
+++ b/package/gluon-hoodselector/luasrc/usr/lib/lua/hoodselector/util.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ local util = require 'gluon.util'
 local json = require 'jsonc'
 local uci = require('simple-uci').cursor()
 local site = require 'gluon.site'
+local vpn_util = require('gluon.mesh-vpn')
 
 local M = {}
 
@@ -47,17 +48,15 @@ function M.getDefaultHood(jhood)
 end
 
 -- bool if direct VPN. The detection is realised by searching the fastd network interface inside the originator table
-function M.directVPN(vpnIfaceList)
-  for _,vpnIface in ipairs(vpnIfaceList) do
+function M.directVPN()
     local file = io.open("/sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/originators", 'r')
     if file ~= nil then
       for outgoingIF in file:lines() do
         -- escape special chars "[]-"
-        if outgoingIF:match(string.gsub("%[  " .. vpnIface .. "%]","%-", "%%-")) then
+        if outgoingIF:match(string.gsub("%[  " .. vpn_util.get_mesh_vpn_interface() .. "%]","%-", "%%-")) then
           return true
         end
       end
-    end
   end
   return false
 end
diff --git a/package/gluon-hoodselector/luasrc/usr/sbin/hoodselector b/package/gluon-hoodselector/luasrc/usr/sbin/hoodselector
index 20ea9b32..0cfe8a29 100755
--- a/package/gluon-hoodselector/luasrc/usr/sbin/hoodselector
+++ b/package/gluon-hoodselector/luasrc/usr/sbin/hoodselector
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 local bit = require('bit')
 local unistd = require('posix.unistd')
 local fcntl = require('posix.fcntl')
-local vpn_util = require('gluon.vpn-util')
 local hoodutil = require('hoodselector.util')
 
 -- PID file to ensure the hoodselector isn't running parallel
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ end
 -- If no hood for the location has been defined, we will select
 -- the default hood.
 -- If we can't determine the node's location, we will continue to the next mode.
-if hoodutil.directVPN(vpn_util.get_mesh_vpn_interface()) then
+if hoodutil.directVPN() then
   io.stdout:write('VPN connection found.\n')
   local geo = hoodutil.getGeolocation()
   if geo.lat ~= nil and geo.lon ~= nil then