diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index e8e079e3d0..0f4a341fc7 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-12-07	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* libnetworking/libc/gethostbydns.c: Comment out __dns_getanswer
+	(Unused).
+
 2011-12-06	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* rtems/src/ratemonperiod.c: Make _Rate_monotonic_Update_statistics
diff --git a/cpukit/libnetworking/libc/gethostbydns.c b/cpukit/libnetworking/libc/gethostbydns.c
index 532dbfd1f6..68af27d7fc 100644
--- a/cpukit/libnetworking/libc/gethostbydns.c
+++ b/cpukit/libnetworking/libc/gethostbydns.c
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ gethostanswer(
 	return (NULL);
 }
 
+#if 0
 struct hostent *
 __dns_getanswer(const char *answer, int anslen, const char *qname, int qtype)
 {
@@ -473,6 +474,7 @@ __dns_getanswer(const char *answer, int anslen, const char *qname, int qtype)
 
 	return(gethostanswer((const querybuf *)answer, anslen, qname, qtype));
 }
+#endif
 
 struct hostent *
 _gethostbydnsname(