The workaround "set DHCLIENT6_MODE=managed in ifcfg file" didn't change anything (in my case). ------------------------------------------------------------- But, taking points made by Nirmoy I checked the contents of /etc/sysconfig/network/ and made the following changes: - In "config" decreased WAIT_FOR_INTERFACES from '30' to '8'. - In "dhcp" made the following changes: * DHCLIENT_RELEASE_BEFORE_QUIT and DHCLIENT6_RELEASE_BEFORE_QUIT set to "yes". * DHCLIENT_WAIT_AT_BOOT and DHCLIENT6_WAIT_AT_BOOT decreased from '15' to '4'. Additionally I commented out an extraneous DHCLIENT_SET_DEFAULT_ROUTE='yes' in ifcfg-enp2s0. The DHCPv6 lease is now committed 4 seconds after the Ethernet interface is up. And, the wicked service is now taking only 6.610s at boot. I'll attach the filtered Journal from this boot. ** I'll add a comment to Bug 975933.