diff --git a/src/kademlia/node.cpp b/src/kademlia/node.cpp
index 7b9c63f3f..87dcbe87f 100644
--- a/src/kademlia/node.cpp
+++ b/src/kademlia/node.cpp
@@ -561,40 +561,18 @@ namespace detail
 {
 	void TORRENT_EXTRA_EXPORT write_nodes_entry(entry& r, nodes_t const& nodes)
 	{
-		bool ipv6_nodes = false;
 		entry& n = r["nodes"];
 		std::back_insert_iterator<std::string> out(n.string());
 		for (nodes_t::const_iterator i = nodes.begin()
 			, end(nodes.end()); i != end; ++i)
 		{
-			if (!i->addr().is_v4())
-			{
-				ipv6_nodes = true;
-				continue;
-			}
+			if (!i->addr().is_v4()) continue;
 			std::copy(i->id.begin(), i->id.end(), out);
 			write_endpoint(udp::endpoint(i->addr(), i->port()), out);
 		}
-
-		if (ipv6_nodes)
-		{
-			entry& p = r["nodes2"];
-			std::string endpoint;
-			for (nodes_t::const_iterator i = nodes.begin()
-				, end(nodes.end()); i != end; ++i)
-			{
-				if (!i->addr().is_v6()) continue;
-				endpoint.resize(18 + 20);
-				std::string::iterator out = endpoint.begin();
-				std::copy(i->id.begin(), i->id.end(), out);
-				out += 20;
-				write_endpoint(udp::endpoint(i->addr(), i->port()), out);
-				endpoint.resize(out - endpoint.begin());
-				p.list().push_back(entry(endpoint));
-			}
-		}
 	}
 }
+
 using detail::write_nodes_entry;
 
 // verifies that a message has all the required