diff --git a/iface/iface_linux.go b/iface/iface_linux.go
index 0aa6b4b2f..206a6e109 100644
--- a/iface/iface_linux.go
+++ b/iface/iface_linux.go
@@ -1,16 +1,42 @@
 package iface
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
-	"os"
+)
+
+const (
+	wireguarModuleName = "wireguard"
 )
 
 type NativeLink struct {
 	Link *netlink.Link
 }
 
+func WireguardModExists() bool {
+	link := newWGLink("mustnotexist")
+
+	// We willingly try to create a device with an invalid
+	// MTU here as the validation of the MTU will be performed after
+	// the validation of the link kind and hence allows us to check
+	// for the existance of the wireguard module without actually
+	// creating a link.
+	//
+	// As a side-effect, this will also let the kernel lazy-load
+	// the wireguard module.
+	link.attrs.MTU = math.MaxInt
+
+	err := netlink.LinkAdd(link)
+
+	return errors.Is(err, syscall.EINVAL)
+}
+
 // Create Creates a new Wireguard interface, sets a given IP and brings it up.
 // Will reuse an existing one.
 func (w *WGIface) Create() error {
diff --git a/iface/mod.go b/iface/mod.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d3195b808..000000000
--- a/iface/mod.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-// +build linux
-
-package iface
-
-// Holds logic to check existence of Wireguard kernel module
-// Copied from https://github.com/paultag/go-modprobe
-
-import (
-	"debug/elf"
-	"fmt"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-var (
-	// get the root directory for the kernel modules. If this line panics,
-	// it's because getModuleRoot has failed to get the uname of the running
-	// kernel (likely a non-POSIX system, but maybe a broken kernel?)
-	moduleRoot = getModuleRoot()
-)
-
-// Get the module root (/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/)
-func getModuleRoot() string {
-	uname := unix.Utsname{}
-	if err := unix.Uname(&uname); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	i := 0
-	for ; uname.Release[i] != 0; i++ {
-	}
-
-	return filepath.Join(
-		"/lib/modules",
-		string(uname.Release[:i]),
-	)
-}
-
-// modName will, given a file descriptor to a Kernel Module (.ko file), parse the
-// binary to get the module name. For instance, given a handle to the file at
-// `kernel/drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/g_ether.ko`, return `g_ether`.
-func modName(file *os.File) (string, error) {
-	f, err := elf.NewFile(file)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	syms, err := f.Symbols()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	for _, sym := range syms {
-		if strings.Compare(sym.Name, "__this_module") == 0 {
-			section := f.Sections[sym.Section]
-			data, err := section.Data()
-			if err != nil {
-				return "", err
-			}
-
-			if len(data) < 25 {
-				return "", fmt.Errorf("modprobe: data is short, __this_module is '%s'", data)
-			}
-
-			data = data[24:]
-			i := 0
-			for ; data[i] != 0x00; i++ {
-			}
-			return string(data[:i]), nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("No name found. Is this a .ko or just an ELF?")
-}
-
-// Open every single kernel module under the root, and parse the ELF headers to
-// extract the module name.
-func elfMap(root string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	ret := map[string]string{}
-
-	err := filepath.Walk(
-		root,
-		func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-
-			if err != nil {
-				// skip broken files
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			if !info.Mode().IsRegular() {
-				return nil
-			}
-			fd, err := os.Open(path)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			defer fd.Close()
-			name, err := modName(fd)
-			if err != nil {
-				/* For now, let's just ignore that and avoid adding to it */
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			ret[name] = path
-			return nil
-		})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return ret, nil
-}
-
-// Open every single kernel module under the kernel module directory
-// (/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/), and parse the ELF headers to extract the
-// module name.
-func generateMap() (map[string]string, error) {
-	return elfMap(moduleRoot)
-}
-
-// WireguardModExists returns true if Wireguard kernel module exists.
-func WireguardModExists() bool {
-	_, err := resolveModName("wireguard")
-	return err == nil
-}
-
-// resolveModName will, given a module name (such as `wireguard`) return an absolute
-// path to the .ko that provides that module.
-func resolveModName(name string) (string, error) {
-	paths, err := generateMap()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	fsPath := paths[name]
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(fsPath, moduleRoot) {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("module isn't in the module directory")
-	}
-
-	return fsPath, nil
-}