diff --git a/sysdep/cf/README b/sysdep/cf/README
index 9a7a4afa..68078bbe 100644
--- a/sysdep/cf/README
+++ b/sysdep/cf/README
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Available configuration variables:
 CONFIG_AUTO_ROUTES	Device routes are added automagically by the kernel
 CONFIG_SELF_CONSCIOUS	We're able to recognize whether route was installed by us
 CONFIG_MULTIPLE_TABLES	The kernel supports multiple routing tables
-CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE	Kernel scanner wants to process all tables at once
 CONFIG_SINGLE_ROUTE	There is only one route per network
 
 CONFIG_MC_PROPER_SRC	Multicast packets have source address according to socket saddr field
diff --git a/sysdep/cf/linux.h b/sysdep/cf/linux.h
index 047d3764..c640bef4 100644
--- a/sysdep/cf/linux.h
+++ b/sysdep/cf/linux.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_AUTO_ROUTES
 #define CONFIG_SELF_CONSCIOUS
 #define CONFIG_MULTIPLE_TABLES
-#define CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE
 #define CONFIG_IP6_SADR_KERNEL
 
 #define CONFIG_MC_PROPER_SRC
diff --git a/sysdep/linux/netlink.c b/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
index e103c8ef..342b746c 100644
--- a/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
+++ b/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
@@ -74,51 +74,16 @@
 #endif
 
 #define krt_ipv4(p) ((p)->af == AF_INET)
-#define krt_ecmp6(p) ((p)->af == AF_INET6)
 
 const int rt_default_ecmp = 16;
 
-/*
- * Structure nl_parse_state keeps state of received route processing. Ideally,
- * we could just independently parse received Netlink messages and immediately
- * propagate received routes to the rest of BIRD, but older Linux kernel (before
- * version 4.11) represents and announces IPv6 ECMP routes not as one route with
- * multiple next hops (like RTA_MULTIPATH in IPv4 ECMP), but as a sequence of
- * routes with the same prefix. More recent kernels work as with IPv4.
- *
- * Therefore, BIRD keeps currently processed route in nl_parse_state structure
- * and postpones its propagation until we expect it to be final; i.e., when
- * non-matching route is received or when the scan ends. When another matching
- * route is received, it is merged with the already processed route to form an
- * ECMP route. Note that merging is done only for IPv6 (merge == 1), but the
- * postponing is done in both cases (for simplicity). All IPv4 routes or IPv6
- * routes with RTA_MULTIPATH set are just considered non-matching.
- *
- * This is ignored for asynchronous notifications (every notification is handled
- * as a separate route). It is not an issue for our routes, as we ignore such
- * notifications anyways. But importing alien IPv6 ECMP routes does not work
- * properly with older kernels.
- *
- * Whatever the kernel version is, IPv6 ECMP routes are sent as multiple routes
- * for the same prefix.
- */
-
 struct nl_parse_state
 {
+  struct krt_proto *proto;
   struct linpool *pool;
   int scan;
-  int merge;
 
-  net *net;
-  rta *attrs;
-  struct krt_proto *proto;
-  s8 new;
-  s8 krt_src;
-  u8 krt_type;
-  u8 krt_proto;
-  u32 krt_metric;
-
-  u32 rta_flow;		/* Used during parsing */
+  u32 rta_flow;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -161,16 +126,13 @@ nl_open_sock(struct nl_sock *nl)
     }
 }
 
-static void
+static int
 nl_set_strict_dump(struct nl_sock *nl UNUSED, int strict UNUSED)
 {
-  /*
-   * Strict checking is not necessary, it improves behavior on newer kernels.
-   * If it is not available (missing SOL_NETLINK compile-time, or ENOPROTOOPT
-   * run-time), we can just ignore it.
-   */
 #ifdef SOL_NETLINK
-  setsockopt(nl->fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_GET_STRICT_CHK, &strict, sizeof(strict));
+  return setsockopt(nl->fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_GET_STRICT_CHK, &strict, sizeof(strict));
+#else
+  return -1;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -198,10 +160,17 @@ nl_cfg_rx_buffer_size(struct config *cfg)
 static void
 nl_open(void)
 {
+  if ((nl_scan.fd >= 0) && (nl_req.fd >= 0))
+    return;
+
   nl_open_sock(&nl_scan);
   nl_open_sock(&nl_req);
 
-  nl_set_strict_dump(&nl_scan, 1);
+  if (nl_set_strict_dump(&nl_scan, 1) < 0)
+  {
+    log(L_WARN "KRT: Netlink strict checking failed, will scan all tables at once");
+    krt_use_shared_scan();
+  }
 }
 
 static void
@@ -256,11 +225,13 @@ nl_request_dump_addr(int af)
 }
 
 static void
-nl_request_dump_route(int af)
+nl_request_dump_route(int af, int table_id)
 {
   struct {
     struct nlmsghdr nh;
     struct rtmsg rtm;
+    struct rtattr rta;
+    u32 table_id;
   } req = {
     .nh.nlmsg_type = RTM_GETROUTE,
     .nh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct rtmsg)),
@@ -269,7 +240,17 @@ nl_request_dump_route(int af)
     .rtm.rtm_family = af,
   };
 
-  send(nl_scan.fd, &req, sizeof(req), 0);
+  if (table_id < 256)
+    req.rtm.rtm_table = table_id;
+  else
+  {
+    req.rta.rta_type = RTA_TABLE;
+    req.rta.rta_len = RTA_LENGTH(4);
+    req.table_id = table_id;
+    req.nh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(req.nh.nlmsg_len) + req.rta.rta_len;
+  }
+
+  send(nl_scan.fd, &req, req.nh.nlmsg_len, 0);
   nl_scan.last_hdr = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1325,7 +1306,7 @@ nh_bufsize(struct nexthop *nh)
 }
 
 static int
-nl_send_route(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e, int op, int dest, struct nexthop *nh)
+nl_send_route(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e, int op)
 {
   eattr *ea;
   net *net = e->net;
@@ -1407,15 +1388,17 @@ nl_send_route(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e, int op, int dest, struct nexthop *nh)
 
   /* For route delete, we do not specify remaining route attributes */
   if (op == NL_OP_DELETE)
-    goto dest;
+    goto done;
 
   /* Default scope is LINK for device routes, UNIVERSE otherwise */
   if (p->af == AF_MPLS)
     r->r.rtm_scope = RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE;
   else if (ea = ea_find(eattrs, EA_KRT_SCOPE))
     r->r.rtm_scope = ea->u.data;
+  else if (a->dest == RTD_UNICAST && ipa_zero(a->nh.gw))
+    r->r.rtm_scope = RT_SCOPE_LINK;
   else
-    r->r.rtm_scope = (dest == RTD_UNICAST && ipa_zero(nh->gw)) ? RT_SCOPE_LINK : RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE;
+    r->r.rtm_scope = RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE;
 
   if (ea = ea_find(eattrs, EA_KRT_PREFSRC))
     nl_add_attr_ipa(&r->h, rsize, RTA_PREFSRC, *(ip_addr *)ea->u.ptr->data);
@@ -1438,13 +1421,12 @@ nl_send_route(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e, int op, int dest, struct nexthop *nh)
   if (metrics[0])
     nl_add_metrics(&r->h, rsize, metrics, KRT_METRICS_MAX);
 
-
-dest:
-  switch (dest)
+  switch (a->dest)
     {
     case RTD_UNICAST:
       r->r.rtm_type = RTN_UNICAST;
-      if (nh->next && !krt_ecmp6(p))
+      struct nexthop *nh = &(a->nh);
+      if (nh->next)
 	nl_add_multipath(&r->h, rsize, nh, p->af, eattrs);
       else
       {
@@ -1470,82 +1452,53 @@ dest:
       bug("krt_capable inconsistent with nl_send_route");
     }
 
+done:
   /* Ignore missing for DELETE */
   return nl_exchange(&r->h, (op == NL_OP_DELETE));
 }
 
 static inline int
-nl_add_rte(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e)
+nl_allow_replace(struct krt_proto *p, rte *new)
 {
-  rta *a = e->attrs;
-  int err = 0;
+  /*
+   * We use NL_OP_REPLACE for IPv4, it has an issue with not checking for
+   * matching rtm_protocol, but that is OK when dedicated priority is used.
+   *
+   * For IPv6, the NL_OP_REPLACE is still broken even in Linux 4.19 LTS
+   * (although it seems to be fixed in Linux 5.10 LTS) for sequence:
+   *
+   * ip route add 2001:db8::/32 via fe80::1 dev eth0
+   * ip route replace 2001:db8::/32 dev eth0
+   *
+   * (it ends with two routes instead of replacing the first by the second one)
+   *
+   * Replacing with direct and special type (e.g. unreachable) routes does not
+   * work, but replacing with regular routes work reliably
+   */
 
-  if (krt_ecmp6(p) && a->nh.next)
-  {
-    struct nexthop *nh = &(a->nh);
+  if (krt_ipv4(p))
+    return 1;
 
-    err = nl_send_route(p, e, NL_OP_ADD, RTD_UNICAST, nh);
-    if (err < 0)
-      return err;
-
-    for (nh = nh->next; nh; nh = nh->next)
-      err += nl_send_route(p, e, NL_OP_APPEND, RTD_UNICAST, nh);
-
-    return err;
-  }
-
-  return nl_send_route(p, e, NL_OP_ADD, a->dest, &(a->nh));
+  rta *a = new->attrs;
+  return (a->dest == RTD_UNICAST) && ipa_nonzero(a->nh.gw);
 }
 
-static inline int
-nl_delete_rte(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e)
-{
-  int err = 0;
-
-  /* For IPv6, we just repeatedly request DELETE until we get error */
-  do
-    err = nl_send_route(p, e, NL_OP_DELETE, RTD_NONE, NULL);
-  while (krt_ecmp6(p) && !err);
-
-  return err;
-}
-
-static inline int
-nl_replace_rte(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e)
-{
-  rta *a = e->attrs;
-  return nl_send_route(p, e, NL_OP_REPLACE, a->dest, &(a->nh));
-}
-
-
 void
 krt_replace_rte(struct krt_proto *p, net *n UNUSED, rte *new, rte *old)
 {
   int err = 0;
 
-  /*
-   * We use NL_OP_REPLACE for IPv4, it has an issue with not checking for
-   * matching rtm_protocol, but that is OK when dedicated priority is used.
-   *
-   * We do not use NL_OP_REPLACE for IPv6, as it has broken semantics for ECMP
-   * and with some kernel versions ECMP replace crashes kernel. Would need more
-   * testing and checks for kernel versions.
-   *
-   * For IPv6, we use NL_OP_DELETE and then NL_OP_ADD. We also do not trust the
-   * old route value, so we do not try to optimize IPv6 ECMP reconfigurations.
-   */
-
-  if (krt_ipv4(p) && old && new)
+  if (old && new && nl_allow_replace(p, new))
   {
-    err = nl_replace_rte(p, new);
+    err = nl_send_route(p, new, NL_OP_REPLACE);
   }
   else
   {
     if (old)
-      nl_delete_rte(p, old);
+      nl_send_route(p, old, NL_OP_DELETE);
 
     if (new)
-      err = nl_add_rte(p, new);
+      err = nl_send_route(p, new, NL_OP_ADD);
   }
 
   if (new)
@@ -1557,71 +1510,6 @@ krt_replace_rte(struct krt_proto *p, net *n UNUSED, rte *new, rte *old)
   }
 }
 
-static int
-nl_mergable_route(struct nl_parse_state *s, net *net, struct krt_proto *p, uint priority, uint krt_type, uint rtm_family)
-{
-  /* Route merging is used for IPv6 scans */
-  if (!s->scan || (rtm_family != AF_INET6))
-    return 0;
-
-  /* Saved and new route must have same network, proto/table, and priority */
-  if ((s->net != net) || (s->proto != p) || (s->krt_metric != priority))
-    return 0;
-
-  /* Both must be regular unicast routes */
-  if ((s->krt_type != RTN_UNICAST) || (krt_type != RTN_UNICAST))
-    return 0;
-
-  return 1;
-}
-
-static void
-nl_announce_route(struct nl_parse_state *s)
-{
-  rte *e = rte_get_temp(s->attrs, s->proto->p.main_source);
-  e->net = s->net;
-
-  ea_list *ea = alloca(sizeof(ea_list) + 2 * sizeof(eattr));
-  *ea = (ea_list) { .count = 2, .next = e->attrs->eattrs };
-  e->attrs->eattrs = ea;
-
-  ea->attrs[0] = (eattr) {
-    .id = EA_KRT_SOURCE,
-    .type = EAF_TYPE_INT,
-    .u.data = s->krt_proto,
-  };
-  ea->attrs[1] = (eattr) {
-    .id = EA_KRT_METRIC,
-    .type = EAF_TYPE_INT,
-    .u.data = s->krt_metric,
-  };
-
-  if (s->scan)
-    krt_got_route(s->proto, e, s->krt_src);
-  else
-    krt_got_route_async(s->proto, e, s->new, s->krt_src);
-
-  s->net = NULL;
-  s->attrs = NULL;
-  s->proto = NULL;
-  lp_flush(s->pool);
-}
-
-static inline void
-nl_parse_begin(struct nl_parse_state *s, int scan)
-{
-  memset(s, 0, sizeof (struct nl_parse_state));
-  s->pool = nl_linpool;
-  s->scan = scan;
-}
-
-static inline void
-nl_parse_end(struct nl_parse_state *s)
-{
-  if (s->net)
-    nl_announce_route(s);
-}
-
 
 #define SKIP0(ARG, ...) do { DBG("KRT: Ignoring route - " ARG, ##__VA_ARGS__); return; } while(0)
 #define SKIP(ARG, ...)  do { DBG("KRT: Ignoring route %N - " ARG, &dst, ##__VA_ARGS__); return; } while(0)
@@ -1759,13 +1647,29 @@ nl_parse_route(struct nl_parse_state *s, struct nlmsghdr *h)
 
   net *net = net_get(p->p.main_channel->table, n);
 
-  if (s->net && !nl_mergable_route(s, net, p, priority, i->rtm_type, i->rtm_family))
-    nl_announce_route(s);
-
   rta *ra = lp_allocz(s->pool, RTA_MAX_SIZE);
   ra->source = RTS_INHERIT;
   ra->scope = SCOPE_UNIVERSE;
 
+  {
+    ea_list *ea = lp_alloc(s->pool, sizeof(ea_list) + 2 * sizeof(eattr));
+    *ea = (ea_list) { .flags = EALF_SORTED, .count = 2 };
+    ea->next = ra->eattrs;
+    ra->eattrs = ea;
+
+    ea->attrs[0] = (eattr) {
+      .id = EA_KRT_SOURCE,
+      .type = EAF_TYPE_INT,
+      .u.data = i->rtm_protocol
+    };
+
+    ea->attrs[1] = (eattr) {
+      .id = EA_KRT_METRIC,
+      .type = EAF_TYPE_INT,
+      .u.data = priority,
+    };
+  }
+
   if (a[RTA_FLOW])
     s->rta_flow = rta_get_u32(a[RTA_FLOW]);
   else
@@ -1942,60 +1846,40 @@ nl_parse_route(struct nl_parse_state *s, struct nlmsghdr *h)
 	}
     }
 
-  /*
-   * Ideally, now we would send the received route to the rest of kernel code.
-   * But IPv6 ECMP routes before 4.11 are sent as a sequence of routes, so we
-   * postpone it and merge next hops until the end of the sequence. Note that
-   * when doing merging of next hops, we expect the new route to be unipath.
-   * Otherwise, we ignore additional next hops in nexthop_insert().
-   */
+  rte *e = rte_get_temp(ra, p->p.main_source);
+  e->net = net;
 
-  if (!s->net)
-  {
-    /* Store the new route */
-    s->net = net;
-    s->attrs = ra;
-    s->proto = p;
-    s->new = new;
-    s->krt_src = krt_src;
-    s->krt_type = i->rtm_type;
-    s->krt_proto = i->rtm_protocol;
-    s->krt_metric = priority;
-  }
+  if (s->scan)
+    krt_got_route(p, e, krt_src);
   else
-  {
-    /* Merge next hops with the stored route */
-    rta *oa = s->attrs;
+    krt_got_route_async(p, e, new, krt_src);
 
-    struct nexthop *nhs = &oa->nh;
-    nexthop_insert(&nhs, &ra->nh);
-
-    /* Perhaps new nexthop is inserted at the first position */
-    if (nhs == &ra->nh)
-    {
-      /* Swap rtas */
-      s->attrs = ra;
-
-      /* Keep old eattrs */
-      ra->eattrs = oa->eattrs;
-    }
-  }
+  lp_flush(s->pool);
 }
 
 void
-krt_do_scan(struct krt_proto *p UNUSED)	/* CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE => p is NULL */
+krt_do_scan(struct krt_proto *p)
 {
-  struct nlmsghdr *h;
-  struct nl_parse_state s;
+  struct nl_parse_state s = {
+    .proto = p,
+    .pool = nl_linpool,
+    .scan = 1,
+  };
 
-  nl_parse_begin(&s, 1);
-  nl_request_dump_route(AF_UNSPEC);
+  /* Table-specific scan or shared scan */
+  if (p)
+    nl_request_dump_route(p->af, krt_table_id(p));
+  else
+    nl_request_dump_route(AF_UNSPEC, 0);
+
+  struct nlmsghdr *h;
   while (h = nl_get_scan())
+  {
     if (h->nlmsg_type == RTM_NEWROUTE || h->nlmsg_type == RTM_DELROUTE)
       nl_parse_route(&s, h);
     else
       log(L_DEBUG "nl_scan_fire: Unknown packet received (type=%d)", h->nlmsg_type);
-  nl_parse_end(&s);
+  }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2010,16 +1894,18 @@ static struct config *nl_last_config;	/* For tracking changes to nl_async_bufsiz
 static void
 nl_async_msg(struct nlmsghdr *h)
 {
-  struct nl_parse_state s;
+  struct nl_parse_state s = {
+    .proto = NULL,
+    .pool = nl_linpool,
+    .scan = 0,
+  };
 
   switch (h->nlmsg_type)
     {
     case RTM_NEWROUTE:
     case RTM_DELROUTE:
       DBG("KRT: Received async route notification (%d)\n", h->nlmsg_type);
-      nl_parse_begin(&s, 0);
       nl_parse_route(&s, h);
-      nl_parse_end(&s);
       break;
     case RTM_NEWLINK:
     case RTM_DELLINK:
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/krt.c b/sysdep/unix/krt.c
index be547a93..c4a3a4a8 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/krt.c
+++ b/sysdep/unix/krt.c
@@ -785,18 +785,17 @@ krt_got_route_async(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e, int new, s8 src)
   rte_free(e);
 }
 
+
 /*
  *	Periodic scanning
  */
 
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE
-
-static timer *krt_scan_timer;
-static int krt_scan_count;
+static timer *krt_scan_all_timer;
+static int krt_scan_all_count;
+static _Bool krt_scan_all_tables;
 
 static void
-krt_scan(timer *t UNUSED)
+krt_scan_all(timer *t UNUSED)
 {
   struct krt_proto *p;
   node *n;
@@ -817,35 +816,42 @@ krt_scan(timer *t UNUSED)
 }
 
 static void
-krt_scan_timer_start(struct krt_proto *p)
+krt_scan_all_timer_start(struct krt_proto *p)
 {
-  if (!krt_scan_count)
-    krt_scan_timer = tm_new_init(krt_pool, krt_scan, NULL, KRT_CF->scan_time, 0);
+  if (!krt_scan_all_count)
+    krt_scan_all_timer = tm_new_init(krt_pool, krt_scan_all, NULL, KRT_CF->scan_time, 0);
 
-  krt_scan_count++;
+  krt_scan_all_count++;
 
-  tm_start(krt_scan_timer, 1 S);
+  tm_start(krt_scan_all_timer, 1 S);
 }
 
 static void
-krt_scan_timer_stop(struct krt_proto *p UNUSED)
+krt_scan_all_timer_stop(void)
 {
-  krt_scan_count--;
+  ASSERT(krt_scan_all_count > 0);
 
-  if (!krt_scan_count)
+  krt_scan_all_count--;
+
+  if (!krt_scan_all_count)
   {
-    rfree(krt_scan_timer);
-    krt_scan_timer = NULL;
+    rfree(krt_scan_all_timer);
+    krt_scan_all_timer = NULL;
   }
 }
 
 static void
-krt_scan_timer_kick(struct krt_proto *p UNUSED)
+krt_scan_all_timer_kick(void)
 {
-  tm_start(krt_scan_timer, 0);
+  tm_start(krt_scan_all_timer, 0);
+}
+
+void
+krt_use_shared_scan(void)
+{
+  krt_scan_all_tables = 1;
 }
 
-#else
 
 static void
 krt_scan(timer *t)
@@ -863,26 +869,33 @@ krt_scan(timer *t)
 static void
 krt_scan_timer_start(struct krt_proto *p)
 {
-  p->scan_timer = tm_new_init(p->p.pool, krt_scan, p, KRT_CF->scan_time, 0);
-  tm_start(p->scan_timer, 1 S);
+  if (krt_scan_all_tables)
+    krt_scan_all_timer_start(p);
+  else
+  {
+    p->scan_timer = tm_new_init(p->p.pool, krt_scan, p, KRT_CF->scan_time, 0);
+    tm_start(p->scan_timer, 1 S);
+  }
 }
 
 static void
 krt_scan_timer_stop(struct krt_proto *p)
 {
-  tm_stop(p->scan_timer);
+  if (krt_scan_all_tables)
+    krt_scan_all_timer_stop();
+  else
+    tm_stop(p->scan_timer);
 }
 
 static void
 krt_scan_timer_kick(struct krt_proto *p)
 {
-  tm_start(p->scan_timer, 0);
+  if (krt_scan_all_tables)
+    krt_scan_all_timer_kick();
+  else
+    tm_start(p->scan_timer, 0);
 }
 
-#endif
-
-
-
 
 /*
  *	Updates
@@ -992,11 +1005,6 @@ krt_postconfig(struct proto_config *CF)
   if (! proto_cf_main_channel(CF))
     cf_error("Channel not specified");
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE
-  if (krt_cf->scan_time != cf->scan_time)
-    cf_error("All kernel syncers must use the same table scan interval");
-#endif
-
   struct channel_config *cc = proto_cf_main_channel(CF);
   struct rtable_config *tab = cc->table;
   if (tab->krt_attached)
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/krt.h b/sysdep/unix/krt.h
index 20858cd7..18a206e6 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/krt.h
+++ b/sysdep/unix/krt.h
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ struct krt_proto {
   struct rtable *krt_table;	/* Internal table of inherited routes */
 #endif
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_ALL_TABLES_AT_ONCE
   timer *scan_timer;
-#endif
-
   struct bmap sync_map;		/* Keeps track which exported routes were successfully written to kernel */
   struct bmap seen_map;		/* Routes seen during last periodic scan */
   node krt_node;		/* Node in krt_proto_list */
@@ -79,6 +76,7 @@ extern pool *krt_pool;
 
 struct proto_config * kif_init_config(int class);
 void kif_request_scan(void);
+void krt_use_shared_scan(void);
 void krt_got_route(struct krt_proto *p, struct rte *e, s8 src);
 void krt_got_route_async(struct krt_proto *p, struct rte *e, int new, s8 src);