diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/maintenance.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/maintenance.py
index ccaab02ce81..dd8f92125ed 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/maintenance.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/maintenance.py
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ class DBInconsistenciesPeriodics(SchemaAwarePeriodicsBase):
         admin_context = n_context.get_admin_context()
         cmds = []
         for ls in self._nb_idl.ls_list().execute(check_error=True):
-            network_id = ls.name.strip('neutron-')
+            network_id = ls.name.replace('neutron-', '')
             legacy_name = utils.ovn_provnet_port_name(network_id)
             legacy_port = None
             segment_id = None
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/ovn_client.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/ovn_client.py
index 4bff714529a..fd348f24d1c 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/ovn_client.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/ovn_client.py
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ class OVNClient(object):
 
         ovn_network_name = ovn_port.external_ids.get(
             ovn_const.OVN_NETWORK_NAME_EXT_ID_KEY)
-        network_id = ovn_network_name.strip('neutron-')
+        network_id = ovn_network_name.replace('neutron-', '')
 
         with self._nb_idl.transaction(check_error=True) as txn:
             txn.add(self._nb_idl.delete_lswitch_port(