diff --git a/include/prototypes.h b/include/prototypes.h
index 1a6a9e9b..5b71daf9 100644
--- a/include/prototypes.h
+++ b/include/prototypes.h
@@ -208,9 +208,6 @@ extern int roll(int);
 extern int roundavg(double);
 extern int chance(double);
 extern void disassoc(void);
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
-extern s_char *inet_ntoa(struct in_addr);
-#endif
 extern int diffx(int, int);
 extern int diffy(int, int);
 extern int deltax(int, int);
diff --git a/src/lib/gen/Makefile b/src/lib/gen/Makefile
index a5998aa4..677b31f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/gen/Makefile
+++ b/src/lib/gen/Makefile
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ LIB = $(SRCDIR)/lib/libgen.a
 NTLIB = $(SRCDIR)\lib\libgen.lib
 
 OBJS =  atoip.o chance.o copy.o disassoc.o \
-	emp_config.o getstarg.o getstring.o inet.o io.o \
+	emp_config.o getstarg.o getstring.o io.o \
 	ioqueue.o mapdist.o minmax.o numstr.o onearg.o \
 	parse.o plur.o queue.o round.o scthash.o \
 	strdup.o
 
 NTOBJS = atoip.obj chance.obj copy.obj disassoc.obj \
 	emp_config.obj getstarg.obj getstring.obj \
-	inet.obj io.obj ioqueue.obj mapdist.obj minmax.obj \
+	io.obj ioqueue.obj mapdist.obj minmax.obj \
 	numstr.obj onearg.obj parse.obj plur.obj queue.obj round.obj \
 	scthash.obj strdup.obj
 
diff --git a/src/lib/gen/inet.c b/src/lib/gen/inet.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 20b58ec6..00000000
--- a/src/lib/gen/inet.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  Empire - A multi-player, client/server Internet based war game.
- *  Copyright (C) 1986-2000, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak,
- *                           Ken Stevens, Steve McClure
- *
- *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- *  (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *  GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- *
- *  ---
- *
- *  See the "LEGAL", "LICENSE", "CREDITS" and "README" files for all the
- *  related information and legal notices. It is expected that any future
- *  projects/authors will amend these files as needed.
- *
- *  ---
- *
- *  inet.c: network format conversion routines
- * 
- *  Known contributors to this file:
- *     Doug Hay, 1998
- */
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#endif
-#include <stdio.h>		/* sprintf */
-#include "misc.h"
-#include "gen.h"
-
-#if !defined(NeXT) && !defined(_WIN32)
-s_char *
-inet_ntoa(struct in_addr addr)
-{
-    static s_char str[18];
-    register u_char *p;
-
-    p = (u_char *)&addr;
-    sprintf(str, "%d.%d.%d.%d", p[0], p[1], p[2], p[3]);
-    return str;
-}
-#endif /* NeXT */