diff --git a/loginrec.c b/loginrec.c
index d6ec75fea0319280251525adfc6b3f8fcf7d32be..1b8b1432256ee2db46ab8a03145d9cb668c6827f 100644
--- a/loginrec.c
+++ b/loginrec.c
@@ -305,21 +305,6 @@ login_set_current_time(struct logininfo *li)
 	li->tv_usec = tv.tv_usec;
 }
 
-/* copy a sockaddr_* into our logininfo */
-void
-login_set_addr(struct logininfo *li, const struct sockaddr *sa,
-	       const unsigned int sa_size)
-{
-	unsigned int bufsize = sa_size;
-
-	/* make sure we don't overrun our union */
-	if (sizeof(li->hostaddr) < sa_size)
-		bufsize = sizeof(li->hostaddr);
-
-	memcpy((void *)&(li->hostaddr.sa), (const void *)sa, bufsize);
-}
-
-
 /**
  ** login_write: Call low-level recording functions based on autoconf
  ** results
diff --git a/loginrec.h b/loginrec.h
index 830c04516c5bdd91df3e3036a806c8e00af06c2a..b2e3778b4cca70644d0a0a4a00eb0f309e35a8ff 100644
--- a/loginrec.h
+++ b/loginrec.h
@@ -173,10 +173,6 @@ int login_utmp_only(struct logininfo *li);
 int login_write (struct logininfo *li);
 int login_log_entry(struct logininfo *li);
 
-/* set the network address based on network address type */
-void login_set_addr(struct logininfo *li, const struct sockaddr *sa,
-		    const unsigned int sa_size);
-
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