diff --git a/passt.1 b/passt.1
index 28704e9..3dccc63 100644
--- a/passt.1
+++ b/passt.1
@@ -479,11 +479,7 @@ NDP/DHCPv6:
     assign: 2a02:6d40:3ca5:2001:b81d:fa4a:8cdd:cf17
     router: fe80::62e3:27ff:fe33:2b01
 #
-# udhcpc -i eth0
-udhcpc: started, v1.30.1
-udhcpc: sending discover
-udhcpc: sending select for 192.168.1.118
-udhcpc: lease of 192.168.1.118 obtained, lease time 4294967295
+# dhclient -4 --no-pid
 # dhclient -6 --no-pid
 # ip address show
 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
@@ -576,11 +572,7 @@ NDP/DHCPv6:
 .fi
 .BR "	[Back to the original terminal]"
 .nf
-# udhcpc -i eth0
-udhcpc: started, v1.30.1
-udhcpc: sending discover
-udhcpc: sending select for 192.168.1.118
-udhcpc: lease of 192.168.1.118 obtained, lease time 4294967295
+# dhclient -4 --no-pid
 # dhclient -6 --no-pid
 # ip address show
 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index 623e6e5..362690c 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ on a system, i.e. common utilities such as a shell are not included here.
 Example for Debian, and possibly most Debian-based distributions:
 
     build-essential git jq strace iperf3 qemu-system-x86 tmux sipcalc bc
-    clang-tidy cppcheck isc-dhcp-common udhcpc psmisc linux-cpupower
+    clang-tidy cppcheck isc-dhcp-common psmisc linux-cpupower
     netcat-openbsd fakeroot lz4 lm-sensors qemu-system-arm qemu-system-ppc
     qemu-system-misc qemu-system-x86 valgrind
 
diff --git a/test/dhcp/pasta b/test/dhcp/pasta
index e76454a..4652d09 100644
--- a/test/dhcp/pasta
+++ b/test/dhcp/pasta
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # Author: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
 
 onlyfor	pasta
-nstools	ip jq /sbin/udhcpc /sbin/dhclient
+nstools	ip jq /sbin/dhclient
 htools	ip jq
 
 test	Interface name
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ nsout	IFNAME ip -j link show | jq -rM '.[] | select(.link_type == "ether").ifnam
 check	[ -n "__IFNAME__" ]
 
 test	DHCP: address
-ns	/sbin/udhcpc -i __IFNAME__
+ns	/sbin/dhclient -4 --no-pid __IFNAME__
 nsout	ADDR ip -j -4 addr show|jq -rM '.[] | select(.ifname == "__IFNAME__").addr_info[0].local'
 hout	HOST_ADDR ip -j -4 addr show|jq -rM '.[] | select(.ifname == "__IFNAME__").addr_info[0].local'
 check	[ __ADDR__ = __HOST_ADDR__ ]
diff --git a/test/lib/setup b/test/lib/setup
index 32515bf..e57d97c 100755
--- a/test/lib/setup
+++ b/test/lib/setup
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ setup_passt_in_ns() {
 	pane_run NS "ip -j link show | jq -rM '.[] | select(.link_type == \"ether\").ifname'"
 	pane_wait NS
 	__ifname="$(pane_parse NS)"
-	pane_run NS "/sbin/udhcpc -i ${__ifname}"
+	pane_run NS "/sbin/dhclient -4 --no-pid ${__ifname}"
 	pane_status NS
 	sleep 2
 	pane_run NS "/sbin/dhclient -6 --no-pid ${__ifname}"
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ setup_two_guests() {
 	pane_wait PASST_1
 	__ifname="$(pane_parse PASST_1)"
 
-	pane_run GUEST_1 "/sbin/udhcpc -i ${__ifname}"
-	pane_run GUEST_2 "/sbin/udhcpc -i ${__ifname}"
+	pane_run GUEST_1 "/sbin/dhclient -4 ${__ifname}"
+	pane_run GUEST_2 "/sbin/dhclient -4 ${__ifname}"
 	pane_status GUEST_1
 	pane_status GUEST_2
 	sleep 2