diff --git a/lib/if2ip.c b/lib/if2ip.c
index 566061a56..acbcff71e 100644
--- a/lib/if2ip.c
+++ b/lib/if2ip.c
@@ -96,24 +96,6 @@ unsigned int Curl_ipv6_scope(const struct sockaddr *sa)
 
 #if defined(HAVE_GETIFADDRS)
 
-bool Curl_if_is_interface_name(const char *interf)
-{
-  bool result = FALSE;
-
-  struct ifaddrs *iface, *head;
-
-  if(getifaddrs(&head) >= 0) {
-    for(iface = head; iface != NULL; iface = iface->ifa_next) {
-      if(strcasecompare(iface->ifa_name, interf)) {
-        result = TRUE;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    freeifaddrs(head);
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
 if2ip_result_t Curl_if2ip(int af, unsigned int remote_scope,
                           unsigned int remote_scope_id, const char *interf,
                           char *buf, int buf_size)
@@ -196,15 +178,6 @@ if2ip_result_t Curl_if2ip(int af, unsigned int remote_scope,
 
 #elif defined(HAVE_IOCTL_SIOCGIFADDR)
 
-bool Curl_if_is_interface_name(const char *interf)
-{
-  /* This is here just to support the old interfaces */
-  char buf[256];
-
-  return (Curl_if2ip(AF_INET, 0 /* unused */, 0, interf, buf, sizeof(buf)) ==
-          IF2IP_NOT_FOUND) ? FALSE : TRUE;
-}
-
 if2ip_result_t Curl_if2ip(int af, unsigned int remote_scope,
                           unsigned int remote_scope_id, const char *interf,
                           char *buf, int buf_size)
@@ -251,13 +224,6 @@ if2ip_result_t Curl_if2ip(int af, unsigned int remote_scope,
 
 #else
 
-bool Curl_if_is_interface_name(const char *interf)
-{
-  (void) interf;
-
-  return FALSE;
-}
-
 if2ip_result_t Curl_if2ip(int af, unsigned int remote_scope,
                           unsigned int remote_scope_id, const char *interf,
                           char *buf, int buf_size)
diff --git a/lib/if2ip.h b/lib/if2ip.h
index a90e66216..a11b1c222 100644
--- a/lib/if2ip.h
+++ b/lib/if2ip.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2018, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 
 unsigned int Curl_ipv6_scope(const struct sockaddr *sa);
 
-bool Curl_if_is_interface_name(const char *interf);
-
 typedef enum {
   IF2IP_NOT_FOUND = 0, /* Interface not found */
   IF2IP_AF_NOT_SUPPORTED = 1, /* Int. exists but has no address for this af */