diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/Utils.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/Utils.swift
index 398720b43..5f7d4b1a5 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/Utils.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/Utils.swift
@@ -15,31 +15,17 @@
 import NIO
 import NIOHTTP1
 
-#if canImport(Network)
-    import Network
-
-    internal extension String {
-        var isIPAddress: Bool {
-            if IPv4Address(self) != nil || IPv6Address(self) != nil {
-                return true
-            }
-            return false
+internal extension String {
+    var isIPAddress: Bool {
+        var ipv4Addr = in_addr()
+        var ipv6Addr = in6_addr()
+
+        return self.withCString { ptr in
+            inet_pton(AF_INET, ptr, &ipv4Addr) == 1 ||
+                inet_pton(AF_INET6, ptr, &ipv6Addr) == 1
         }
     }
-
-#else
-    internal extension String {
-        var isIPAddress: Bool {
-            var ipv4Addr = in_addr()
-            var ipv6Addr = in6_addr()
-
-            return self.withCString { ptr in
-                inet_pton(AF_INET, ptr, &ipv4Addr) == 1 ||
-                    inet_pton(AF_INET6, ptr, &ipv6Addr) == 1
-            }
-        }
-    }
-#endif
+}
 
 public final class HTTPClientCopyingDelegate: HTTPClientResponseDelegate {
     public typealias Response = Void