diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/netif/gnrc_netif.c b/sys/net/gnrc/netif/gnrc_netif.c
index 58d505b04d..5a27de43fb 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/netif/gnrc_netif.c
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/netif/gnrc_netif.c
@@ -807,21 +807,6 @@ int gnrc_netif_ipv6_group_idx(gnrc_netif_t *netif, const ipv6_addr_t *addr)
     return idx;
 }
 
-#if defined(MODULE_NETDEV_IEEE802154) || defined(MODULE_CC110X) || \
-    defined(MODULE_NRFMIN) || defined(MODULE_XBEE)
-static void _create_iid_from_short(const gnrc_netif_t *netif, eui64_t *eui64)
-{
-    const unsigned offset = sizeof(eui64_t) - netif->l2addr_len;
-
-    assert(netif->l2addr_len <= 3);
-    memset(eui64->uint8, 0, sizeof(eui64->uint8));
-    eui64->uint8[3] = 0xff;
-    eui64->uint8[4] = 0xfe;
-    memcpy(&eui64->uint8[offset], netif->l2addr, netif->l2addr_len);
-}
-#endif /* defined(MODULE_NETDEV_IEEE802154) || defined(MODULE_CC110X) ||
-        * defined(MODULE_NRFMIN) || defined(MODULE_XBEE) */
-
 int gnrc_netif_ipv6_get_iid(gnrc_netif_t *netif, eui64_t *eui64)
 {
 #if GNRC_NETIF_L2ADDR_MAXLEN > 0
@@ -833,59 +818,14 @@ int gnrc_netif_ipv6_get_iid(gnrc_netif_t *netif, eui64_t *eui64)
         if (res == sizeof(eui64_t)) {
             return 0;
         }
-
-        switch (netif->device_type) {
-#if defined(MODULE_NETDEV_ETH) || defined(MODULE_ESP_NOW)
-            case NETDEV_TYPE_ETHERNET:
-            case NETDEV_TYPE_ESP_NOW:
-                assert(netif->l2addr_len == ETHERNET_ADDR_LEN);
-                eui64->uint8[0] = netif->l2addr[0] ^ 0x02;
-                eui64->uint8[1] = netif->l2addr[1];
-                eui64->uint8[2] = netif->l2addr[2];
-                eui64->uint8[3] = 0xff;
-                eui64->uint8[4] = 0xfe;
-                eui64->uint8[5] = netif->l2addr[3];
-                eui64->uint8[6] = netif->l2addr[4];
-                eui64->uint8[7] = netif->l2addr[5];
-                return 0;
-#endif
-#if defined(MODULE_NETDEV_IEEE802154) || defined(MODULE_XBEE)
-            case NETDEV_TYPE_IEEE802154:
-                switch (netif->l2addr_len) {
-                    case IEEE802154_SHORT_ADDRESS_LEN:
-                        _create_iid_from_short(netif, eui64);
-                        return 0;
-                    case IEEE802154_LONG_ADDRESS_LEN:
-                        memcpy(eui64, netif->l2addr, sizeof(eui64_t));
-                        eui64->uint8[0] ^= 0x02;
-                        return 0;
-                    default:
-                        /* this should not happen */
-                        assert(false);
-                        break;
-                }
-                break;
-#endif
-#ifdef MODULE_NORDIC_SOFTDEVICE_BLE
-            case NETDEV_TYPE_BLE:
-                assert(netif->l2addr_len == sizeof(eui64_t));
-                memcpy(eui64, netif->l2addr, sizeof(eui64_t));
-                eui64->uint8[0] ^= 0x02;
-                return 0;
-#endif
-#if defined(MODULE_CC110X) || defined(MODULE_NRFMIN)
-            case NETDEV_TYPE_CC110X:
-            case NETDEV_TYPE_NRFMIN:
-                _create_iid_from_short(netif, eui64);
-                return 0;
-#endif
-            default:
-                (void)eui64;
-                break;
+        res = gnrc_netif_ipv6_iid_from_addr(netif,
+                                            netif->l2addr, netif->l2addr_len,
+                                            eui64);
+        if (res > 0) {
+            return 0;
         }
     }
 #endif /* GNRC_NETIF_L2ADDR_MAXLEN > 0 */
-
     return -ENOTSUP;
 }