diff --git a/api/DEPS b/api/DEPS
index 4b93438..4fc132b 100644
--- a/api/DEPS
+++ b/api/DEPS
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     "+media/base/media_config.h",
     "+media/base/media_engine.h",
     "+p2p/base/port_allocator.h",
-    "+rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.h",
+    "+rtc_base/network.h",
     "+rtc_base/rtc_certificate.h",
     "+rtc_base/rtc_certificate_generator.h",
     "+rtc_base/socket_address.h",
diff --git a/api/peer_connection_interface.h b/api/peer_connection_interface.h
index b1beb84..52d0d87 100644
--- a/api/peer_connection_interface.h
+++ b/api/peer_connection_interface.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 // inject a PacketSocketFactory and/or NetworkManager, and not expose
 // PortAllocator in the PeerConnection api.
 #include "p2p/base/port_allocator.h"  // nogncheck
-#include "rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.h"
+#include "rtc_base/network.h"
 #include "rtc_base/rtc_certificate.h"
 #include "rtc_base/rtc_certificate_generator.h"
 #include "rtc_base/socket_address.h"
@@ -1326,10 +1326,6 @@
   std::unique_ptr<NetworkStatePredictorFactoryInterface>
       network_state_predictor_factory;
   std::unique_ptr<NetworkControllerFactoryInterface> network_controller_factory;
-  // This will only be used if CreatePeerConnection is called without a
-  // |port_allocator|, causing the default allocator and network manager to be
-  // used.
-  std::unique_ptr<rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory> network_monitor_factory;
   std::unique_ptr<NetEqFactory> neteq_factory;
   std::unique_ptr<WebRtcKeyValueConfig> trials;
 };
diff --git a/pc/peer_connection_factory.cc b/pc/peer_connection_factory.cc
index d79e438..d3b7fcd 100644
--- a/pc/peer_connection_factory.cc
+++ b/pc/peer_connection_factory.cc
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
       worker_thread_(dependencies.worker_thread),
       signaling_thread_(dependencies.signaling_thread),
       task_queue_factory_(std::move(dependencies.task_queue_factory)),
-      network_monitor_factory_(std::move(dependencies.network_monitor_factory)),
       media_engine_(std::move(dependencies.media_engine)),
       call_factory_(std::move(dependencies.call_factory)),
       event_log_factory_(std::move(dependencies.event_log_factory)),
@@ -132,10 +131,7 @@
   RTC_DCHECK(signaling_thread_->IsCurrent());
   rtc::InitRandom(rtc::Time32());
 
-  // If network_monitor_factory_ is non-null, it will be used to create a
-  // network monitor while on the network thread.
-  default_network_manager_.reset(
-      new rtc::BasicNetworkManager(network_monitor_factory_.get()));
+  default_network_manager_.reset(new rtc::BasicNetworkManager());
   if (!default_network_manager_) {
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/pc/peer_connection_factory.h b/pc/peer_connection_factory.h
index 3932562..58859a0 100644
--- a/pc/peer_connection_factory.h
+++ b/pc/peer_connection_factory.h
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@
   const std::unique_ptr<TaskQueueFactory> task_queue_factory_;
   Options options_;
   std::unique_ptr<cricket::ChannelManager> channel_manager_;
-  const std::unique_ptr<rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory> network_monitor_factory_;
   std::unique_ptr<rtc::BasicNetworkManager> default_network_manager_;
   std::unique_ptr<rtc::BasicPacketSocketFactory> default_socket_factory_;
   std::unique_ptr<cricket::MediaEngineInterface> media_engine_;
diff --git a/rtc_base/BUILD.gn b/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
index 64548e6..73bca85 100644
--- a/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
+++ b/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
@@ -705,8 +705,6 @@
   #   "message_handler.h",
   #   "network_monitor.cc",
   #   "network_monitor.h",
-  #   "network_monitor_factory.cc",
-  #   "network_monitor_factory.h",
   #   "physical_socket_server.cc",
   #   "physical_socket_server.h",
   #   "signal_thread.cc",
@@ -855,8 +853,6 @@
     "network_constants.h",
     "network_monitor.cc",
     "network_monitor.h",
-    "network_monitor_factory.cc",
-    "network_monitor_factory.h",
     "network_route.cc",
     "network_route.h",
     "null_socket_server.cc",
diff --git a/rtc_base/network.cc b/rtc_base/network.cc
index 3b05c68..64aee4b 100644
--- a/rtc_base/network.cc
+++ b/rtc_base/network.cc
@@ -470,16 +470,12 @@
   return nullptr;
 }
 
-BasicNetworkManager::BasicNetworkManager() {}
-
-BasicNetworkManager::BasicNetworkManager(
-    NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory)
-    : network_monitor_factory_(network_monitor_factory) {}
+BasicNetworkManager::BasicNetworkManager()
+    : thread_(nullptr), sent_first_update_(false), start_count_(0) {}
 
 BasicNetworkManager::~BasicNetworkManager() {}
 
 void BasicNetworkManager::OnNetworksChanged() {
-  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(thread_);
   RTC_LOG(LS_INFO) << "Network change was observed";
   UpdateNetworksOnce();
 }
@@ -803,8 +799,6 @@
 
 void BasicNetworkManager::StartUpdating() {
   thread_ = Thread::Current();
-  // Redundant but necessary for thread annotations.
-  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(thread_);
   if (start_count_) {
     // If network interfaces are already discovered and signal is sent,
     // we should trigger network signal immediately for the new clients
@@ -819,7 +813,7 @@
 }
 
 void BasicNetworkManager::StopUpdating() {
-  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(thread_);
+  RTC_DCHECK(Thread::Current() == thread_);
   if (!start_count_)
     return;
 
@@ -832,11 +826,12 @@
 }
 
 void BasicNetworkManager::StartNetworkMonitor() {
-  if (network_monitor_factory_ == nullptr) {
+  NetworkMonitorFactory* factory = NetworkMonitorFactory::GetFactory();
+  if (factory == nullptr) {
     return;
   }
   if (!network_monitor_) {
-    network_monitor_.reset(network_monitor_factory_->CreateNetworkMonitor());
+    network_monitor_.reset(factory->CreateNetworkMonitor());
     if (!network_monitor_) {
       return;
     }
@@ -854,7 +849,6 @@
 }
 
 void BasicNetworkManager::OnMessage(Message* msg) {
-  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(thread_);
   switch (msg->message_id) {
     case kUpdateNetworksMessage: {
       UpdateNetworksContinually();
@@ -870,6 +864,7 @@
 }
 
 IPAddress BasicNetworkManager::QueryDefaultLocalAddress(int family) const {
+  RTC_DCHECK(thread_ == Thread::Current());
   RTC_DCHECK(thread_->socketserver() != nullptr);
   RTC_DCHECK(family == AF_INET || family == AF_INET6);
 
@@ -898,6 +893,8 @@
   if (!start_count_)
     return;
 
+  RTC_DCHECK(Thread::Current() == thread_);
+
   NetworkList list;
   if (!CreateNetworks(false, &list)) {
     SignalError();
@@ -921,7 +918,6 @@
 }
 
 void BasicNetworkManager::DumpNetworks() {
-  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(thread_);
   NetworkList list;
   GetNetworks(&list);
   RTC_LOG(LS_INFO) << "NetworkManager detected " << list.size() << " networks:";
diff --git a/rtc_base/network.h b/rtc_base/network.h
index 26ef628..a67d2a2 100644
--- a/rtc_base/network.h
+++ b/rtc_base/network.h
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@
 #include "rtc_base/mdns_responder_interface.h"
 #include "rtc_base/message_handler.h"
 #include "rtc_base/network_monitor.h"
-#include "rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.h"
-#include "rtc_base/synchronization/sequence_checker.h"
 #include "rtc_base/system/rtc_export.h"
 #include "rtc_base/third_party/sigslot/sigslot.h"
-#include "rtc_base/thread_annotations.h"
 
 #if defined(WEBRTC_POSIX)
 struct ifaddrs;
@@ -224,7 +221,6 @@
                                        public sigslot::has_slots<> {
  public:
   BasicNetworkManager();
-  explicit BasicNetworkManager(NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory);
   ~BasicNetworkManager() override;
 
   void StartUpdating() override;
@@ -238,9 +234,7 @@
 
   // Sets the network ignore list, which is empty by default. Any network on the
   // ignore list will be filtered from network enumeration results.
-  // Should be called only before initialization.
   void set_network_ignore_list(const std::vector<std::string>& list) {
-    RTC_DCHECK(thread_ == nullptr);
     network_ignore_list_ = list;
   }
 
@@ -250,45 +244,41 @@
   void ConvertIfAddrs(ifaddrs* interfaces,
                       IfAddrsConverter* converter,
                       bool include_ignored,
-                      NetworkList* networks) const RTC_RUN_ON(thread_);
+                      NetworkList* networks) const;
 #endif  // defined(WEBRTC_POSIX)
 
   // Creates a network object for each network available on the machine.
-  bool CreateNetworks(bool include_ignored, NetworkList* networks) const
-      RTC_RUN_ON(thread_);
+  bool CreateNetworks(bool include_ignored, NetworkList* networks) const;
 
   // Determines if a network should be ignored. This should only be determined
   // based on the network's property instead of any individual IP.
-  bool IsIgnoredNetwork(const Network& network) const RTC_RUN_ON(thread_);
+  bool IsIgnoredNetwork(const Network& network) const;
 
   // This function connects a UDP socket to a public address and returns the
   // local address associated it. Since it binds to the "any" address
   // internally, it returns the default local address on a multi-homed endpoint.
-  IPAddress QueryDefaultLocalAddress(int family) const RTC_RUN_ON(thread_);
+  IPAddress QueryDefaultLocalAddress(int family) const;
 
  private:
   friend class NetworkTest;
 
   // Creates a network monitor and listens for network updates.
-  void StartNetworkMonitor() RTC_RUN_ON(thread_);
+  void StartNetworkMonitor();
   // Stops and removes the network monitor.
-  void StopNetworkMonitor() RTC_RUN_ON(thread_);
+  void StopNetworkMonitor();
   // Called when it receives updates from the network monitor.
   void OnNetworksChanged();
 
   // Updates the networks and reschedules the next update.
-  void UpdateNetworksContinually() RTC_RUN_ON(thread_);
+  void UpdateNetworksContinually();
   // Only updates the networks; does not reschedule the next update.
-  void UpdateNetworksOnce() RTC_RUN_ON(thread_);
+  void UpdateNetworksOnce();
 
-  Thread* thread_ = nullptr;
-  bool sent_first_update_ = true;
-  int start_count_ = 0;
+  Thread* thread_;
+  bool sent_first_update_;
+  int start_count_;
   std::vector<std::string> network_ignore_list_;
-  NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory_ RTC_GUARDED_BY(thread_) =
-      nullptr;
-  std::unique_ptr<NetworkMonitorInterface> network_monitor_
-      RTC_GUARDED_BY(thread_);
+  std::unique_ptr<NetworkMonitorInterface> network_monitor_;
 };
 
 // Represents a Unix-type network interface, with a name and single address.
diff --git a/rtc_base/network_monitor.cc b/rtc_base/network_monitor.cc
index 8fd5f78..4eb5290 100644
--- a/rtc_base/network_monitor.cc
+++ b/rtc_base/network_monitor.cc
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 
 namespace {
 const uint32_t UPDATE_NETWORKS_MESSAGE = 1;
+
+// This is set by NetworkMonitorFactory::SetFactory and the caller of
+// NetworkMonitorFactory::SetFactory must be responsible for calling
+// ReleaseFactory to destroy the factory.
+rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory = nullptr;
 }  // namespace
 
 namespace rtc {
@@ -43,4 +48,24 @@
   return ADAPTER_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
+NetworkMonitorFactory::NetworkMonitorFactory() {}
+NetworkMonitorFactory::~NetworkMonitorFactory() {}
+
+void NetworkMonitorFactory::SetFactory(NetworkMonitorFactory* factory) {
+  if (network_monitor_factory != nullptr) {
+    delete network_monitor_factory;
+  }
+  network_monitor_factory = factory;
+}
+
+void NetworkMonitorFactory::ReleaseFactory(NetworkMonitorFactory* factory) {
+  if (factory == network_monitor_factory) {
+    SetFactory(nullptr);
+  }
+}
+
+NetworkMonitorFactory* NetworkMonitorFactory::GetFactory() {
+  return network_monitor_factory;
+}
+
 }  // namespace rtc
diff --git a/rtc_base/network_monitor.h b/rtc_base/network_monitor.h
index d0f3424..ed4464d 100644
--- a/rtc_base/network_monitor.h
+++ b/rtc_base/network_monitor.h
@@ -98,6 +98,26 @@
   Thread* worker_thread_;
 };
 
+/*
+ * NetworkMonitorFactory creates NetworkMonitors.
+ */
+class NetworkMonitorFactory {
+ public:
+  // This is not thread-safe; it should be called once (or once per audio/video
+  // call) during the call initialization.
+  static void SetFactory(NetworkMonitorFactory* factory);
+
+  static void ReleaseFactory(NetworkMonitorFactory* factory);
+  static NetworkMonitorFactory* GetFactory();
+
+  virtual NetworkMonitorInterface* CreateNetworkMonitor() = 0;
+
+  virtual ~NetworkMonitorFactory();
+
+ protected:
+  NetworkMonitorFactory();
+};
+
 }  // namespace rtc
 
 #endif  // RTC_BASE_NETWORK_MONITOR_H_
diff --git a/rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.cc b/rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fac4d9..0000000
--- a/rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright 2020 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved.
- *
- *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
- *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
- *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
- *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
- *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
- */
-
-#include "rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.h"
-
-namespace rtc {
-
-NetworkMonitorFactory::NetworkMonitorFactory() {}
-NetworkMonitorFactory::~NetworkMonitorFactory() {}
-
-}  // namespace rtc
diff --git a/rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.h b/rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.h
deleted file mode 100644
index dadcd4a..0000000
--- a/rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Copyright 2020 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved.
- *
- *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
- *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
- *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
- *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
- *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
- */
-
-#ifndef RTC_BASE_NETWORK_MONITOR_FACTORY_H_
-#define RTC_BASE_NETWORK_MONITOR_FACTORY_H_
-
-namespace rtc {
-
-// Forward declaring this so it's not part of the API surface; it's only
-// expected to be used by Android/iOS SDK code.
-class NetworkMonitorInterface;
-
-/*
- * NetworkMonitorFactory creates NetworkMonitors.
- * Note that CreateNetworkMonitor is expected to be called on the network
- * thread with the returned object only being used on that thread thereafter.
- */
-class NetworkMonitorFactory {
- public:
-  virtual NetworkMonitorInterface* CreateNetworkMonitor() = 0;
-
-  virtual ~NetworkMonitorFactory();
-
- protected:
-  NetworkMonitorFactory();
-};
-
-}  // namespace rtc
-
-#endif  // RTC_BASE_NETWORK_MONITOR_FACTORY_H_
diff --git a/rtc_base/network_unittest.cc b/rtc_base/network_unittest.cc
index 29a89ba..cd69356 100644
--- a/rtc_base/network_unittest.cc
+++ b/rtc_base/network_unittest.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "rtc_base/checks.h"
 #include "rtc_base/net_helpers.h"
 #include "rtc_base/network_monitor.h"
-#include "rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.h"
 #if defined(WEBRTC_POSIX)
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -101,27 +100,18 @@
 
   bool IsIgnoredNetwork(BasicNetworkManager& network_manager,
                         const Network& network) {
-    RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(network_manager.thread_);
     return network_manager.IsIgnoredNetwork(network);
   }
 
-  IPAddress QueryDefaultLocalAddress(BasicNetworkManager& network_manager,
-                                     int family) {
-    RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(network_manager.thread_);
-    return network_manager.QueryDefaultLocalAddress(family);
-  }
-
   NetworkManager::NetworkList GetNetworks(
       const BasicNetworkManager& network_manager,
       bool include_ignored) {
-    RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(network_manager.thread_);
     NetworkManager::NetworkList list;
     network_manager.CreateNetworks(include_ignored, &list);
     return list;
   }
 
   FakeNetworkMonitor* GetNetworkMonitor(BasicNetworkManager& network_manager) {
-    RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(network_manager.thread_);
     return static_cast<FakeNetworkMonitor*>(
         network_manager.network_monitor_.get());
   }
@@ -146,7 +136,6 @@
                                  struct ifaddrs* interfaces,
                                  bool include_ignored,
                                  NetworkManager::NetworkList* networks) {
-    RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(network_manager.thread_);
     // Use the base IfAddrsConverter for test cases.
     std::unique_ptr<IfAddrsConverter> ifaddrs_converter(new IfAddrsConverter());
     network_manager.ConvertIfAddrs(interfaces, ifaddrs_converter.get(),
@@ -258,8 +247,6 @@
 
 class TestBasicNetworkManager : public BasicNetworkManager {
  public:
-  TestBasicNetworkManager(NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory)
-      : BasicNetworkManager(network_monitor_factory) {}
   using BasicNetworkManager::QueryDefaultLocalAddress;
   using BasicNetworkManager::set_default_local_addresses;
 };
@@ -281,7 +268,6 @@
   Network ipv4_network2("test_eth1", "Test Network Adapter 2",
                         IPAddress(0x010000U), 24, ADAPTER_TYPE_ETHERNET);
   BasicNetworkManager network_manager;
-  network_manager.StartUpdating();
   EXPECT_FALSE(IsIgnoredNetwork(network_manager, ipv4_network1));
   EXPECT_TRUE(IsIgnoredNetwork(network_manager, ipv4_network2));
 }
@@ -292,18 +278,14 @@
                     24);
   Network include_me("include_me", "Include me please!", IPAddress(0x12345600U),
                      24);
-  BasicNetworkManager default_network_manager;
-  default_network_manager.StartUpdating();
-  EXPECT_FALSE(IsIgnoredNetwork(default_network_manager, ignore_me));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(IsIgnoredNetwork(default_network_manager, include_me));
-
-  BasicNetworkManager ignoring_network_manager;
+  BasicNetworkManager network_manager;
+  EXPECT_FALSE(IsIgnoredNetwork(network_manager, ignore_me));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(IsIgnoredNetwork(network_manager, include_me));
   std::vector<std::string> ignore_list;
   ignore_list.push_back("ignore_me");
-  ignoring_network_manager.set_network_ignore_list(ignore_list);
-  ignoring_network_manager.StartUpdating();
-  EXPECT_TRUE(IsIgnoredNetwork(ignoring_network_manager, ignore_me));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(IsIgnoredNetwork(ignoring_network_manager, include_me));
+  network_manager.set_network_ignore_list(ignore_list);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(IsIgnoredNetwork(network_manager, ignore_me));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(IsIgnoredNetwork(network_manager, include_me));
 }
 
 // Test is failing on Windows opt: b/11288214
@@ -667,7 +649,6 @@
 // Test that DumpNetworks does not crash.
 TEST_F(NetworkTest, TestCreateAndDumpNetworks) {
   BasicNetworkManager manager;
-  manager.StartUpdating();
   NetworkManager::NetworkList list = GetNetworks(manager, true);
   bool changed;
   MergeNetworkList(manager, list, &changed);
@@ -676,7 +657,6 @@
 
 TEST_F(NetworkTest, TestIPv6Toggle) {
   BasicNetworkManager manager;
-  manager.StartUpdating();
   bool ipv6_found = false;
   NetworkManager::NetworkList list;
   list = GetNetworks(manager, true);
@@ -773,7 +753,6 @@
 
   NetworkManager::NetworkList result;
   BasicNetworkManager manager;
-  manager.StartUpdating();
   CallConvertIfAddrs(manager, &list, true, &result);
   EXPECT_TRUE(result.empty());
 }
@@ -789,7 +768,6 @@
                         "FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF::", 0);
   NetworkManager::NetworkList result;
   BasicNetworkManager manager;
-  manager.StartUpdating();
   CallConvertIfAddrs(manager, list, true, &result);
   EXPECT_EQ(1U, result.size());
   bool changed;
@@ -809,35 +787,46 @@
 
   NetworkManager::NetworkList result;
   BasicNetworkManager manager;
-  manager.StartUpdating();
   CallConvertIfAddrs(manager, &list, true, &result);
   EXPECT_TRUE(result.empty());
 }
 
-// Tests that the network type can be determined from the network monitor when
-// it would otherwise be unknown.
+// Tests that the network type can be updated after the network monitor is
+// started.
 TEST_F(NetworkTest, TestGetAdapterTypeFromNetworkMonitor) {
-  char if_name[20] = "wifi0";
-  std::string ipv6_address = "1000:2000:3000:4000:0:0:0:1";
+  char if_name1[20] = "wifi0";
+  std::string ipv6_address1 = "1000:2000:3000:4000:0:0:0:1";
+  std::string ipv6_address2 = "1000:2000:3000:8000:0:0:0:1";
   std::string ipv6_mask = "FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF::";
-  BasicNetworkManager manager_without_monitor;
-  manager_without_monitor.StartUpdating();
-  // A network created without a network monitor will get UNKNOWN type.
-  ifaddrs* addr_list = InstallIpv6Network(if_name, ipv6_address, ipv6_mask,
-                                          manager_without_monitor);
-  EXPECT_EQ(ADAPTER_TYPE_UNKNOWN, GetAdapterType(manager_without_monitor));
+  BasicNetworkManager manager;
+  // A network created before the network monitor is started will get
+  // UNKNOWN type.
+  ifaddrs* addr_list =
+      InstallIpv6Network(if_name1, ipv6_address1, ipv6_mask, manager);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ADAPTER_TYPE_UNKNOWN, GetAdapterType(manager));
   ReleaseIfAddrs(addr_list);
+  // Note: Do not call ClearNetworks here in order to test that the type
+  // of an existing network can be changed after the network monitor starts
+  // and detects the network type correctly.
 
-  // With the fake network monitor the type should be correctly determined.
-  FakeNetworkMonitorFactory factory;
-  BasicNetworkManager manager_with_monitor(&factory);
-  manager_with_monitor.StartUpdating();
+  // After the network monitor starts, the type will be updated.
+  FakeNetworkMonitorFactory* factory = new FakeNetworkMonitorFactory();
+  NetworkMonitorFactory::SetFactory(factory);
+  // This brings up the hook with the network monitor.
+  manager.StartUpdating();
   // Add the same ipv6 address as before but it has the right network type
   // detected by the network monitor now.
-  addr_list = InstallIpv6Network(if_name, ipv6_address, ipv6_mask,
-                                 manager_with_monitor);
-  EXPECT_EQ(ADAPTER_TYPE_WIFI, GetAdapterType(manager_with_monitor));
+  addr_list = InstallIpv6Network(if_name1, ipv6_address1, ipv6_mask, manager);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ADAPTER_TYPE_WIFI, GetAdapterType(manager));
   ReleaseIfAddrs(addr_list);
+  ClearNetworks(manager);
+
+  // Add another network with the type inferred from the network monitor.
+  char if_name2[20] = "cellular0";
+  addr_list = InstallIpv6Network(if_name2, ipv6_address2, ipv6_mask, manager);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ADAPTER_TYPE_CELLULAR, GetAdapterType(manager));
+  ReleaseIfAddrs(addr_list);
+  ClearNetworks(manager);
 }
 
 // Test that the network type can be determined based on name matching in
@@ -850,7 +839,6 @@
   std::string ipv6_address2 = "1000:2000:3000:8000:0:0:0:1";
   std::string ipv6_mask = "FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF::";
   BasicNetworkManager manager;
-  manager.StartUpdating();
 
   // IPSec interface; name is in form "ipsec<index>".
   char if_name[20] = "ipsec11";
@@ -1034,10 +1022,11 @@
 }
 
 TEST_F(NetworkTest, TestNetworkMonitoring) {
-  FakeNetworkMonitorFactory factory;
-  BasicNetworkManager manager(&factory);
+  BasicNetworkManager manager;
   manager.SignalNetworksChanged.connect(static_cast<NetworkTest*>(this),
                                         &NetworkTest::OnNetworksChanged);
+  FakeNetworkMonitorFactory* factory = new FakeNetworkMonitorFactory();
+  NetworkMonitorFactory::SetFactory(factory);
   manager.StartUpdating();
   FakeNetworkMonitor* network_monitor = GetNetworkMonitor(manager);
   EXPECT_TRUE(network_monitor && network_monitor->started());
@@ -1054,6 +1043,8 @@
   // Network manager is stopped.
   manager.StopUpdating();
   EXPECT_FALSE(GetNetworkMonitor(manager)->started());
+
+  NetworkMonitorFactory::ReleaseFactory(factory);
 }
 
 // Fails on Android: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/webrtc/issues/detail?id=4364.
@@ -1064,10 +1055,11 @@
 #endif
 TEST_F(NetworkTest, MAYBE_DefaultLocalAddress) {
   IPAddress ip;
-  FakeNetworkMonitorFactory factory;
-  TestBasicNetworkManager manager(&factory);
+  TestBasicNetworkManager manager;
   manager.SignalNetworksChanged.connect(static_cast<NetworkTest*>(this),
                                         &NetworkTest::OnNetworksChanged);
+  FakeNetworkMonitorFactory* factory = new FakeNetworkMonitorFactory();
+  NetworkMonitorFactory::SetFactory(factory);
   manager.StartUpdating();
   EXPECT_TRUE_WAIT(callback_called_, 1000);
 
@@ -1078,12 +1070,12 @@
   EXPECT_TRUE(!networks.empty());
   for (const auto* network : networks) {
     if (network->GetBestIP().family() == AF_INET) {
-      EXPECT_TRUE(QueryDefaultLocalAddress(manager, AF_INET) != IPAddress());
+      EXPECT_TRUE(manager.QueryDefaultLocalAddress(AF_INET) != IPAddress());
     } else if (network->GetBestIP().family() == AF_INET6 &&
                !IPIsLoopback(network->GetBestIP())) {
       // Existence of an IPv6 loopback address doesn't mean it has IPv6 network
       // enabled.
-      EXPECT_TRUE(QueryDefaultLocalAddress(manager, AF_INET6) != IPAddress());
+      EXPECT_TRUE(manager.QueryDefaultLocalAddress(AF_INET6) != IPAddress());
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sdk/android/native_api/base/network_monitor.h b/sdk/android/native_api/base/network_monitor.h
index d0d3549..135ebb1 100644
--- a/sdk/android/native_api/base/network_monitor.h
+++ b/sdk/android/native_api/base/network_monitor.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
-#include "rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.h"
+#include "rtc_base/network_monitor.h"
 
 namespace webrtc {
 
diff --git a/sdk/android/native_api/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory.cc b/sdk/android/native_api/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory.cc
index 4e742d1..e683975 100644
--- a/sdk/android/native_api/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory.cc
+++ b/sdk/android/native_api/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory.cc
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
     rtc::scoped_refptr<webrtc::PeerConnectionFactoryInterface> pcf,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> network_thread,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> worker_thread,
-    std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread) {
+    std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread,
+    rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory) {
   return webrtc::jni::NativeToJavaPeerConnectionFactory(
       jni, pcf, std::move(network_thread), std::move(worker_thread),
-      std::move(signaling_thread));
+      std::move(signaling_thread), network_monitor_factory);
 }
 
 }  // namespace webrtc
diff --git a/sdk/android/native_api/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory.h b/sdk/android/native_api/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory.h
index 00550a9..889d609 100644
--- a/sdk/android/native_api/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory.h
+++ b/sdk/android/native_api/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
     rtc::scoped_refptr<webrtc::PeerConnectionFactoryInterface> pcf,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> network_thread,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> worker_thread,
-    std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread);
+    std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread,
+    rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory = nullptr);
 
 }  // namespace webrtc
 
diff --git a/sdk/android/native_unittests/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory_unittest.cc b/sdk/android/native_unittests/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory_unittest.cc
index 75535d0..54613f9 100644
--- a/sdk/android/native_unittests/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory_unittest.cc
+++ b/sdk/android/native_unittests/peerconnection/peer_connection_factory_unittest.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
   jobject java_factory = NativeToJavaPeerConnectionFactory(
       jni, factory, std::move(network_thread), std::move(worker_thread),
-      std::move(signaling_thread));
+      std::move(signaling_thread), nullptr /* network_monitor_factory */);
 
   RTC_LOG(INFO) << java_factory;
 
diff --git a/sdk/android/src/jni/android_network_monitor.h b/sdk/android/src/jni/android_network_monitor.h
index 815b72d..1d795df 100644
--- a/sdk/android/src/jni/android_network_monitor.h
+++ b/sdk/android/src/jni/android_network_monitor.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #include "absl/types/optional.h"
 #include "rtc_base/network_monitor.h"
-#include "rtc_base/network_monitor_factory.h"
 #include "rtc_base/thread_checker.h"
 #include "sdk/android/src/jni/jni_helpers.h"
 
diff --git a/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/owned_factory_and_threads.cc b/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/owned_factory_and_threads.cc
index 5e00ece..e42b117 100644
--- a/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/owned_factory_and_threads.cc
+++ b/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/owned_factory_and_threads.cc
@@ -19,11 +19,19 @@
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> network_thread,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> worker_thread,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread,
+    rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory,
     const rtc::scoped_refptr<PeerConnectionFactoryInterface>& factory)
     : network_thread_(std::move(network_thread)),
       worker_thread_(std::move(worker_thread)),
       signaling_thread_(std::move(signaling_thread)),
+      network_monitor_factory_(network_monitor_factory),
       factory_(factory) {}
 
+OwnedFactoryAndThreads::~OwnedFactoryAndThreads() {
+  if (network_monitor_factory_ != nullptr) {
+    rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory::ReleaseFactory(network_monitor_factory_);
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace jni
 }  // namespace webrtc
diff --git a/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/owned_factory_and_threads.h b/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/owned_factory_and_threads.h
index e87879c..845d4db 100644
--- a/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/owned_factory_and_threads.h
+++ b/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/owned_factory_and_threads.h
@@ -33,19 +33,25 @@
       std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> network_thread,
       std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> worker_thread,
       std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread,
+      rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory,
       const rtc::scoped_refptr<PeerConnectionFactoryInterface>& factory);
 
-  ~OwnedFactoryAndThreads() = default;
+  ~OwnedFactoryAndThreads();
 
   PeerConnectionFactoryInterface* factory() { return factory_.get(); }
   rtc::Thread* network_thread() { return network_thread_.get(); }
   rtc::Thread* signaling_thread() { return signaling_thread_.get(); }
   rtc::Thread* worker_thread() { return worker_thread_.get(); }
+  rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory() {
+    return network_monitor_factory_;
+  }
+  void clear_network_monitor_factory() { network_monitor_factory_ = nullptr; }
 
  private:
   const std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> network_thread_;
   const std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> worker_thread_;
   const std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread_;
+  rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory_;
   const rtc::scoped_refptr<PeerConnectionFactoryInterface> factory_;
 };
 
diff --git a/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/peer_connection_factory.cc b/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/peer_connection_factory.cc
index 2392db2..9a42a80 100644
--- a/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/peer_connection_factory.cc
+++ b/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/peer_connection_factory.cc
@@ -138,10 +138,11 @@
     rtc::scoped_refptr<webrtc::PeerConnectionFactoryInterface> pcf,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> network_thread,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> worker_thread,
-    std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread) {
+    std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread,
+    rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory) {
   OwnedFactoryAndThreads* owned_factory = new OwnedFactoryAndThreads(
       std::move(network_thread), std::move(worker_thread),
-      std::move(signaling_thread), pcf);
+      std::move(signaling_thread), network_monitor_factory, pcf);
 
   ScopedJavaLocalRef<jobject> j_pcf = Java_PeerConnectionFactory_Constructor(
       env, NativeToJavaPointer(owned_factory));
@@ -171,15 +172,17 @@
 // Set in PeerConnectionFactory_initializeAndroidGlobals().
 static bool factory_static_initialized = false;
 
+
 jobject NativeToJavaPeerConnectionFactory(
     JNIEnv* jni,
     rtc::scoped_refptr<webrtc::PeerConnectionFactoryInterface> pcf,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> network_thread,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> worker_thread,
-    std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread) {
+    std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread,
+    rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory) {
   return NativeToScopedJavaPeerConnectionFactory(
              jni, pcf, std::move(network_thread), std::move(worker_thread),
-             std::move(signaling_thread))
+             std::move(signaling_thread), network_monitor_factory)
       .Release();
 }
 
@@ -281,9 +284,18 @@
   signaling_thread->SetName("signaling_thread", NULL);
   RTC_CHECK(signaling_thread->Start()) << "Failed to start thread";
 
+  rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory = nullptr;
+
   const absl::optional<PeerConnectionFactoryInterface::Options> options =
       JavaToNativePeerConnectionFactoryOptions(jni, joptions);
 
+  // Do not create network_monitor_factory only if the options are
+  // provided and disable_network_monitor therein is set to true.
+  if (!(options && options->disable_network_monitor)) {
+    network_monitor_factory = new AndroidNetworkMonitorFactory();
+    rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory::SetFactory(network_monitor_factory);
+  }
+
   PeerConnectionFactoryDependencies dependencies;
   dependencies.network_thread = network_thread.get();
   dependencies.worker_thread = worker_thread.get();
@@ -298,10 +310,6 @@
   dependencies.network_state_predictor_factory =
       std::move(network_state_predictor_factory);
   dependencies.neteq_factory = std::move(neteq_factory);
-  if (!(options && options->disable_network_monitor)) {
-    dependencies.network_monitor_factory =
-        std::make_unique<AndroidNetworkMonitorFactory>();
-  }
 
   cricket::MediaEngineDependencies media_dependencies;
   media_dependencies.task_queue_factory = dependencies.task_queue_factory.get();
@@ -328,7 +336,7 @@
 
   return NativeToScopedJavaPeerConnectionFactory(
       jni, factory, std::move(network_thread), std::move(worker_thread),
-      std::move(signaling_thread));
+      std::move(signaling_thread), network_monitor_factory);
 }
 
 static ScopedJavaLocalRef<jobject>
diff --git a/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/peer_connection_factory.h b/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/peer_connection_factory.h
index 5bfdb7a..904352f 100644
--- a/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/peer_connection_factory.h
+++ b/sdk/android/src/jni/pc/peer_connection_factory.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
     rtc::scoped_refptr<webrtc::PeerConnectionFactoryInterface> pcf,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> network_thread,
     std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> worker_thread,
-    std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread);
+    std::unique_ptr<rtc::Thread> signaling_thread,
+    rtc::NetworkMonitorFactory* network_monitor_factory = nullptr);
 
 }  // namespace jni
 }  // namespace webrtc