diff --git a/lib/bcoin/peer.js b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
index 988f0087..760cc931 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/peer.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/peer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 var inherits = require('inherits');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var net = require('net');
-var os = require('os');
 
 var bcoin = require('../bcoin');
 var utils = bcoin.utils;
@@ -340,7 +339,6 @@ Peer.prototype._handlePong = function handlePong() {
 
 Peer.prototype._handleGetAddr = function handleGetAddr() {
   var used = [];
-  var own = this._getOwnIP();
   var peers = [].concat(
     this.pool.peers.pending,
     this.pool.peers.block,
@@ -371,8 +369,6 @@ Peer.prototype._handleGetAddr = function handleGetAddr() {
     };
   });
 
-  if (own) peers.push(own);
-
   peers = peers.map(function(peer) {
     if (peer.ver === 6) {
       while (peer.ipv6.split(':').length < 8) {
@@ -402,58 +398,6 @@ Peer.prototype._handleGetAddr = function handleGetAddr() {
   return this._write(this.framer.addr(peers));
 };
 
-Peer.prototype._getOwnIP = function getOwnIP() {
-  var interfaces = os.networkInterfaces()
-    , eth
-    , ipv4
-    , ipv6
-    , ip
-    , p4
-    , p6
-    , l;
-
-  ip = {
-    ipv4: '127.0.0.1',
-    ipv6: '0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:ffff',
-    port: 8333,
-    ver: 0
-  };
-
-  eth = (interfaces.eth0 && interfaces.eth0.length >= 2 && interfaces.eth0)
-    || (interfaces.wlan0 && interfaces.wlan0.length >= 2 && interfaces.wlan0)
-    || interfaces[Object.keys(interfaces).pop()]
-    || [{ address: '127.0.0.1' }, { address: '::1' }];
-
-  ipv4 = eth[0] ? eth[0].address : '127.0.0.1';
-  ipv6 = eth[1] ? eth[1].address : '0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:ffff';
-
-  p4 = ipv4.split('.').map(function(n) { return +n; });
-  p6 = ipv6.split(':').map(function(n) {
-    return parseInt(n, 16);
-  }).reduce(function(out, n) {
-    out.push((n >> 8) & 0xff);
-    out.push(n & 0xff);
-    return out;
-  }, []);
-  l = p6.length;
-
-  // Try to figure out if we're behind a NAT or not public for some reason.
-  if ((p4[0] !== 127 && p4[1] !== 0 && p4[2] !== 0)
-      && (p4[0] !== 10 && p4[1] !== 0)
-      && (p4[0] !== 168 && p4[1] !== 0)) {
-    ip.ipv4 = ipv4;
-    ip.ver = 4;
-  } else if ((p6[0] !== 0 && p6[1] !== 0 && p6[2] !== 1)
-      && (p6[l-1] !== 0xff && p6[l-2] !== 0xff && p6[l-3] !== 0xff)) {
-    ip.ipv6 = ipv6;
-    ip.ver = 6;
-  } else {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return ip;
-};
-
 Peer.prototype._handleInv = function handleInv(items) {
   // Always request advertised TXs
   var txs = items.filter(function(item) {