diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d71af0a7..fca85351 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ RAK_ENABLE_DEBUG
 RAK_ENABLE_EXTRA_DEBUG
 RAK_ENABLE_WERROR
 
-TORRENT_DISABLE_IPV6
-
 TORRENT_ENABLE_ARCH
 TORRENT_WITH_SYSROOT
 
diff --git a/scripts/common.m4 b/scripts/common.m4
index 4c88bdc3..1f476617 100644
--- a/scripts/common.m4
+++ b/scripts/common.m4
@@ -223,14 +223,3 @@ AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_ENABLE_INTERRUPT_SOCKET], [
     ]
   )
 ])
-
-AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_DISABLE_IPV6], [
-  AC_ARG_ENABLE(ipv6,
-    AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ipv6],
-      [enable ipv6 [[default=no]]]),
-    [
-        if test "$enableval" = "yes"; then
-            AC_DEFINE(RAK_USE_INET6, 1, enable ipv6 stuff)
-        fi
-    ])
-])