diff --git a/tests/lwip/main.c b/tests/lwip/main.c
index e229f11296..2184166a00 100644
--- a/tests/lwip/main.c
+++ b/tests/lwip/main.c
@@ -32,43 +32,6 @@
 #endif
 #include "shell.h"
 
-#define IFCONFIG_FILLER     "       "
-
-static int ifconfig(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-    (void)argc;
-    (void)argv;
-    for (struct netif *iface = netif_list; iface != NULL; iface = iface->next) {
-        printf("%s_%02u: ", iface->name, iface->num);
-#if IS_USED(MODULE_LWIP_IPV6)
-        char addrstr[IPV6_ADDR_MAX_STR_LEN];
-#elif IS_USED(MODULE_LWIP_IPV4)
-        char addrstr[IPV4_ADDR_MAX_STR_LEN];
-#endif
-#ifdef MODULE_LWIP_IPV6
-        for (int i = 0; i < LWIP_IPV6_NUM_ADDRESSES; i++) {
-            if (!ipv6_addr_is_unspecified((ipv6_addr_t *)&iface->ip6_addr[i])) {
-                printf("%s inet6 %s\n", (i == 0) ? "" : IFCONFIG_FILLER,
-                       ipv6_addr_to_str(addrstr,
-                                        (ipv6_addr_t *)&iface->ip6_addr[i],
-                                        sizeof(addrstr)));
-            }
-        }
-#endif
-#ifdef MODULE_LWIP_IPV4
-        if (IS_USED(MODULE_LWIP_IPV6)) {
-            /* insert spaces to be aligned with inet6 */
-            printf(IFCONFIG_FILLER);
-        }
-        printf(" inet %s\n", ipv4_addr_to_str(addrstr,
-                                              (ipv4_addr_t *)&iface->ip_addr,
-                                              sizeof(addrstr)));
-#endif
-        puts("");
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static const shell_command_t shell_commands[] = {
 #ifdef MODULE_SOCK_IP
     { "ip", "Send IP packets and listen for packets of certain type", ip_cmd },
@@ -79,7 +42,6 @@ static const shell_command_t shell_commands[] = {
 #ifdef MODULE_SOCK_UDP
     { "udp", "Send UDP messages and listen for messages on UDP port", udp_cmd },
 #endif
-    { "ifconfig", "Shows assigned IP addresses", ifconfig },
     { NULL, NULL, NULL }
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/lwip/tests/01-run.py b/tests/lwip/tests/01-run.py
index 68770891e1..0f96dc6593 100755
--- a/tests/lwip/tests/01-run.py
+++ b/tests/lwip/tests/01-run.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import time
 import types
 import pexpect
 import socket
+import ipaddress
 
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5
 
@@ -190,8 +191,9 @@ class TestStrategy(ApplicationStrategy):
 
 def get_ipv6_address(spawn):
     spawn.sendline(u"ifconfig")
-    spawn.expect(r"[A-Za-z0-9]{2}_[0-9]+:  inet6 (fe80::[0-9a-f:]+)\s")
-    return spawn.match.group(1)
+    spawn.expect(r" inet6 addr: (fe80:[0-9a-f:]+)\s")
+    # pack v6 address to minimal form (lwIP returns fe80:0:0:..)
+    return str(ipaddress.ip_address(spawn.match.group(1)))
 
 
 def test_ipv6_send(board_group, application, env=None):