diff --git a/src/network/networkd-nexthop.c b/src/network/networkd-nexthop.c
index 67eba509d3..07a971a0e9 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-nexthop.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-nexthop.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "networkd-network.h"
 #include "networkd-nexthop.h"
 #include "networkd-queue.h"
+#include "networkd-route.h"
 #include "networkd-route-util.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
 #include "set.h"
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ static int nexthop_remove_dependents(NextHop *nexthop, Manager *manager) {
         assert(nexthop);
         assert(manager);
 
-        /* If a nexthop is removed, the kernel silently removes nexthops that depend on the
+        /* If a nexthop is removed, the kernel silently removes nexthops and routes that depend on the
          * removed nexthop. Let's remove them for safety (though, they are already removed in the kernel,
          * hence that should fail), and forget them. */
 
@@ -503,6 +504,10 @@ static int nexthop_remove_dependents(NextHop *nexthop, Manager *manager) {
                 RET_GATHER(r, nexthop_remove(nh, manager));
         }
 
+        Route *route;
+        SET_FOREACH(route, nexthop->routes)
+                RET_GATHER(r, route_remove(route, manager));
+
         return r;
 }