diff --git a/netbox_agent/network.py b/netbox_agent/network.py
index aeba708..62e4395 100644
--- a/netbox_agent/network.py
+++ b/netbox_agent/network.py
@@ -63,13 +63,15 @@ class Network():
             ip6_addr = netifaces.ifaddresses(interface).get(netifaces.AF_INET6)
 
             # netifaces returns a ipv6 netmask that netaddr does not understand.
-            # this strips the netmask down to the correct format for netaddr.
+            # this strips the netmask down to the correct format for netaddr, and remove the interface.
             # ie, this:
             #   {'addr': 'fe80::ec4:7aff:fe59:ec4a%eno1.50', 'netmask': 'ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::/64'}
+            #
             # becomes:
-            #   {'addr': 'fe80::ec4:7aff:fe59:ec4a%eno1.50', 'netmask': 'ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::'}
+            #   {'addr': 'fe80::ec4:7aff:fe59:ec4a', 'netmask': 'ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::'}
             #
             for addr in ip6_addr:
+                addr["addr"] = re.sub("\%.*$", "", addr["addr"])
                 addr["netmask"] = re.sub("/\d+$", "", addr["netmask"])
                 ip_addr.append(addr)