--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@
                    includes=['/usr/local/include/db42'],
                    libpath=['/usr/local/lib/db42'], lib='db', mandatory=True)
     else:
-        check_function ('inet_ntoa', 'arpa/inet.h', 'nsl')
         check_function ('dlopen', 'dlfcn.h', 'dl')
         check_function ('db_create', 'db.h', 'db')
     check_pkg ('openssl')