diff --git a/source3/lib/replace/README b/source3/lib/replace/README
index 21cd0051c70..68d2c8ba2c0 100644
--- a/source3/lib/replace/README
+++ b/source3/lib/replace/README
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ strlcpy
 strlcat
 mktime
 rename
-innetgr
 initgroups
 memmove
 strdup
@@ -88,5 +87,4 @@ stdbool.h
 Prerequisites:
 memset (for bzero)
 syslog (for vsyslog)
-setnetgrent, getnetgrent, endnetgrent (for innetgr)
 mktemp (for mkstemp and mkdtemp)
diff --git a/source3/lib/replace/libreplace.m4 b/source3/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
index 805cdc6cb59..6bd616f9b79 100644
--- a/source3/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
+++ b/source3/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ AC_TRY_COMPILE([
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(seteuid setresuid setegid setresgid chroot bzero strerror)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(vsyslog setlinebuf mktime ftruncate chsize rename)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(waitpid strlcpy strlcat innetgr initgroups memmove strdup)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(waitpid strlcpy strlcat initgroups memmove strdup)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pread pwrite strndup strcasestr strtok_r mkdtemp socketpair)
 AC_HAVE_DECL(setresuid, [#include <unistd.h>])
 AC_HAVE_DECL(setresgid, [#include <unistd.h>])
@@ -330,8 +330,7 @@ m4_include(win32.m4)
 m4_include(timegm.m4)
 m4_include(repdir.m4)
 
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([syslog memset setnetgrent getnetgrent endnetgrent memcpy],,
-			   [AC_MSG_ERROR([Required function not found])])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([syslog memset memcpy],,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Required function not found])])
 
 echo "LIBREPLACE_BROKEN_CHECKS: END"
 ]) dnl end AC_LIBREPLACE_BROKEN_CHECKS
diff --git a/source3/lib/replace/replace.c b/source3/lib/replace/replace.c
index 9e6c75bd358..8310d66d9e5 100644
--- a/source3/lib/replace/replace.c
+++ b/source3/lib/replace/replace.c
@@ -154,33 +154,6 @@ time_t rep_mktime(struct tm *t)
 #endif /* !HAVE_MKTIME */
 
 
-#ifndef HAVE_INNETGR
-#if defined(HAVE_SETNETGRENT) && defined(HAVE_GETNETGRENT) && defined(HAVE_ENDNETGRENT)
-/*
- * Search for a match in a netgroup. This replaces it on broken systems.
- */
-int rep_innetgr(const char *group, const char *host, const char *user, 
-				const char *dom)
-{
-	char *hst, *usr, *dm;
-  
-	setnetgrent(group);
-	while (getnetgrent(&hst, &usr, &dm)) {
-		if (((host == 0) || (hst == 0) || !strcmp(host, hst)) &&
-		    ((user == 0) || (usr == 0) || !strcmp(user, usr)) &&
-		    ((dom == 0) || (dm == 0) || !strcmp(dom, dm))) {
-			endnetgrent();
-			return (1);
-		}
-	}
-	endnetgrent();
-	return (0);
-}
-#endif /* HAVE_SETNETGRENT HAVE_GETNETGRENT HAVE_ENDNETGRENT */
-#endif /* HAVE_INNETGR */
-
-
-
 #ifndef HAVE_INITGROUPS
 /****************************************************************************
  some systems don't have an initgroups call 
diff --git a/source3/lib/replace/test/testsuite.c b/source3/lib/replace/test/testsuite.c
index effbdb13ef0..293ea84946a 100644
--- a/source3/lib/replace/test/testsuite.c
+++ b/source3/lib/replace/test/testsuite.c
@@ -125,12 +125,6 @@ static int test_mktime(void)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int test_innetgr(void)
-{
-	/* FIXME */
-	return true;
-}
-
 static int test_initgroups(void)
 {
 	/* FIXME */
@@ -426,7 +420,6 @@ bool torture_local_replace(struct torture_context *ctx)
 	ret &= test_strlcpy();
 	ret &= test_strlcat();
 	ret &= test_mktime();
-	ret &= test_innetgr();
 	ret &= test_initgroups();
 	ret &= test_memmove();
 	ret &= test_strdup();