diff --git a/src/utils/inetAddressUtil.cpp b/src/utils/inetAddressUtil.cpp
index b5d1c18..a50741f 100644
--- a/src/utils/inetAddressUtil.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/inetAddressUtil.cpp
@@ -26,38 +26,6 @@ using namespace epics::pvData;
 namespace epics {
 namespace pvAccess {
 
-void addDefaultBroadcastAddress(InetAddrVector* v, unsigned short p) {
-    osiSockAddr pNewNode;
-    memset(&pNewNode, 0, sizeof(pNewNode));
-    pNewNode.ia.sin_family = AF_INET;
-    // TODO this does not work in case of no active interfaces, should return 127.0.0.1 then
-    pNewNode.ia.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_BROADCAST);
-    pNewNode.ia.sin_port = htons(p);
-    v->push_back(pNewNode);
-}
-
-void getBroadcastAddresses(InetAddrVector& ret,
-                           SOCKET sock,
-                           unsigned short defaultPort) {
-    ret.clear();
-    ELLLIST as;
-    ellInit(&as);
-    osiSockAddr serverAddr;
-    memset(&serverAddr, 0, sizeof(osiSockAddr));
-    osiSockDiscoverBroadcastAddresses(&as, sock, &serverAddr);
-    for(ELLNODE * n = ellFirst(&as); n != NULL; n = ellNext(n))
-    {
-        osiSockAddrNode * sn = (osiSockAddrNode *)n;
-        sn->addr.ia.sin_port = htons(defaultPort);
-        // TODO discover possible duplicates
-        ret.push_back(sn->addr);
-    }
-    ellFree(&as);
-    // add fallback address
-    if (!ret.size())
-        addDefaultBroadcastAddress(&ret, defaultPort);
-}
-
 void encodeAsIPv6Address(ByteBuffer* buffer, const osiSockAddr* address) {
     // IPv4 compatible IPv6 address
     // first 80-bit are 0
diff --git a/src/utils/pv/inetAddressUtil.h b/src/utils/pv/inetAddressUtil.h
index 3097a34..ce68923 100644
--- a/src/utils/pv/inetAddressUtil.h
+++ b/src/utils/pv/inetAddressUtil.h
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ namespace pvAccess {
 
 typedef std::vector<osiSockAddr> InetAddrVector;
 
-/**
- * Populate a vector containing all the IPv4 broadcast addresses on this machine.
- * IPv6 doesn't have a local broadcast address.
- * Conversion of the defaultPort to network byte order performed by
- * the function.
- */
-epicsShareFunc void getBroadcastAddresses(InetAddrVector& ret, SOCKET sock, unsigned short defaultPort);
-
 struct ifaceNode {
     osiSockAddr addr, //!< Our address
                 peer, //!< point to point peer
diff --git a/testApp/utils/testInetAddressUtils.cpp b/testApp/utils/testInetAddressUtils.cpp
index 024ebd3..4893320 100644
--- a/testApp/utils/testInetAddressUtils.cpp
+++ b/testApp/utils/testInetAddressUtils.cpp
@@ -178,27 +178,6 @@ void test_isMulticastAddress()
     testOk1(isMulticastAddress(&vec.at(5)));
 }
 
-void test_getBroadcastAddresses()
-{
-    testDiag("Test getBroadcastAddresses()");
-
-    osiSockAttach();
-
-    SOCKET socket = epicsSocketCreate(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
-    InetAddrVector broadcasts;
-    getBroadcastAddresses(broadcasts, socket, 6678);
-    // at least one is expected, in case of no network connection a fallback address is returned
-    testOk1(static_cast<size_t>(0) < broadcasts.size());
-    //testDiag("getBroadcastAddresses() returned %zu entry/-ies.", broadcasts->size());
-    epicsSocketDestroy(socket);
-
-    // debug
-    for(size_t i = 0; i<broadcasts.size(); i++) {
-        testDiag("%s", inetAddressToString(broadcasts[i]).c_str());
-    }
-
-}
-
 void test_getLoopbackNIF()
 {
     testDiag("Test getLoopbackNIF()");
@@ -369,7 +348,7 @@ void test_multicastLoopback()
 
 MAIN(testInetAddressUtils)
 {
-    testPlan(80);
+    testPlan(79);
     testDiag("Tests for InetAddress utils");
 
     test_getSocketAddressList();
@@ -377,7 +356,6 @@ MAIN(testInetAddressUtils)
     test_intToIPv4Address();
     test_encodeAsIPv6Address();
     test_isMulticastAddress();
-    test_getBroadcastAddresses();
     test_getLoopbackNIF();
 
     test_multicastLoopback();