diff --git a/cpukit/libnetworking/netinet/in.h b/cpukit/libnetworking/netinet/in.h
index b46b0ea805..d5aea3273f 100644
--- a/cpukit/libnetworking/netinet/in.h
+++ b/cpukit/libnetworking/netinet/in.h
@@ -301,18 +301,6 @@ struct sockaddr_in {
 
 #define	IN_LOOPBACKNET		(u_int32_t)127			/* official! */
 
-/*
- * Structure used to describe IP options.
- * Used to store options internally, to pass them to a process,
- * or to restore options retrieved earlier.
- * The ip_dst is used for the first-hop gateway when using a source route
- * (this gets put into the header proper).
- */
-struct ip_opts {
-	struct	in_addr ip_dst;		/* first hop, 0 w/o src rt */
-	char	ip_opts[40];		/* actually variable in size */
-};
-
 /*
  * Options for use with [gs]etsockopt at the IP level.
  * First word of comment is data type; bool is stored in int.