diff --git a/net/Makefile.am b/net/Makefile.am
index 870e800..3733c99 100644
--- a/net/Makefile.am
+++ b/net/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 
-EXTRA_DIST = BUILDING COPYING README TODO test_resolver.c
+EXTRA_DIST = BUILDING COPYING README TODO
 
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libicenet.la
 noinst_HEADERS = resolver.h sock.h
diff --git a/net/sock.c b/net/sock.c
index 1c341c8..76d6aa9 100644
--- a/net/sock.c
+++ b/net/sock.c
@@ -102,26 +102,6 @@ void sock_shutdown(void)
     resolver_shutdown();
 }
 
-/* sock_get_localip
-**
-** gets the local ip address for the machine
-** the ip it returns *should* be on the internet.
-** in any case, it's as close as we can hope to get
-** unless someone has better ideas on how to do this
-*/
-char *sock_get_localip(char *buff, int len)
-{
-    char temp[1024];
-
-    if (gethostname(temp, sizeof(temp)) != 0)
-        return NULL;
-
-    if (resolver_getip(temp, buff, len))
-        return buff;
-
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 /* sock_error
 ** 
 ** returns the last socket error
@@ -175,32 +155,6 @@ int sock_recoverable(int error)
     }
 }
 
-int sock_stalled (int error)
-{
-    switch (error)
-    {
-    case EAGAIN:
-    case EINPROGRESS:
-    case EALREADY:
-#if defined(EWOULDBLOCK) && EWOULDBLOCK != EAGAIN
-    case EWOULDBLOCK:
-#endif
-#if defined (WSAEWOULDBLOCK) && WSAEWOULDBLOCK != EWOULDBLOCK
-    case WSAEWOULDBLOCK:
-#endif
-#if defined (WSAEINPROGRESS) && WSAEINPROGRESS != EINPROGRESS
-    case WSAEINPROGRESS:
-#endif
-#ifdef ERESTART
-    case ERESTART:
-#endif
-        return 1;
-    default:
-        return 0;
-    }
-}
-
-
 static int sock_connect_pending (int error)
 {
     return error == EINPROGRESS || error == EALREADY;
@@ -319,45 +273,6 @@ int sock_close(sock_t sock)
 #endif
 }
 
-/* sock_writev
- *
- * write multiple buffers at once, return bytes actually written
- */
-#ifdef HAVE_WRITEV
-
-ssize_t sock_writev (sock_t sock, const struct iovec *iov, size_t count)
-{
-    return writev (sock, iov, count);
-}
-
-#else
-
-ssize_t sock_writev (sock_t sock, const struct iovec *iov, size_t count)
-{
-    int i = count, accum = 0, ret;
-    const struct iovec *v = iov;
-
-    while (i)
-    {
-        if (v->iov_base && v->iov_len)
-        {
-            ret = sock_write_bytes (sock, v->iov_base, v->iov_len);
-            if (ret == -1 && accum==0)
-                return -1;
-            if (ret == -1)
-                ret = 0;
-            accum += ret;
-            if (ret < (int)v->iov_len)
-                break;
-        }
-        v++;
-        i--;
-    }
-    return accum;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 /* sock_write_bytes
 **
 ** write bytes to the socket
@@ -377,16 +292,6 @@ int sock_write_bytes(sock_t sock, const void *buff, size_t len)
     return send(sock, buff, len, 0);
 }
 
-/* sock_write_string
-**
-** writes a string to a socket
-** This function must only be called with a blocking socket.
-*/
-int sock_write_string(sock_t sock, const char *buff)
-{
-    return (sock_write_bytes(sock, buff, strlen(buff)) > 0);
-}
-
 /* sock_write
 **
 ** write a formatted string to the socket
diff --git a/net/sock.h b/net/sock.h
index 7c22073..453a96e 100644
--- a/net/sock.h
+++ b/net/sock.h
@@ -44,18 +44,6 @@
 #include <compat.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_UIO_H
-#include <sys/uio.h>
-#else
-#ifndef _SYS_UIO_H
-struct iovec
-{
-    void   *iov_base;
-    size_t iov_len;
-};
-#endif
-#endif
-
 #if !defined(HAVE_INET_ATON) && defined(HAVE_INET_PTON)
 #define inet_aton(a,b) inet_pton(AF_INET, (a), (b))
 #endif
@@ -90,11 +78,9 @@ typedef enum {
 #ifdef _mangle
 # define sock_initialize _mangle(sock_initialize)
 # define sock_shutdown _mangle(sock_shutdown)
-# define sock_get_localip _mangle(sock_get_localip)
 # define sock_error _mangle(sock_error)
 # define sock_set_error _mangle(sock_set_error)
 # define sock_recoverable _mangle(sock_recoverable)
-# define sock_stalled _mangle(sock_stalled)
 # define sock_valid_socket _mangle(sock_valid_socket)
 # define sock_set_blocking _mangle(sock_set_blocking)
 # define sock_set_nolinger _mangle(sock_set_nolinger)
@@ -108,8 +94,6 @@ typedef enum {
 # define sock_write_bytes _mangle(sock_write_bytes)
 # define sock_write _mangle(sock_write)
 # define sock_write_fmt _mangle(sock_write_fmt)
-# define sock_write_string _mangle(sock_write_string)
-# define sock_writev _mangle(sock_writev)
 # define sock_read_bytes _mangle(sock_read_bytes)
 # define sock_read_line _mangle(sock_read_line)
 # define sock_get_server_socket _mangle(sock_get_server_socket)
@@ -124,10 +108,8 @@ typedef enum {
 /* Misc socket functions */
 void sock_initialize(void);
 void sock_shutdown(void);
-char *sock_get_localip(char *buff, int len);
 int sock_error(void);
 int sock_recoverable(int error);
-int sock_stalled(int error);
 int sock_valid_socket(sock_t sock);
 int sock_active (sock_t sock);
 int sock_set_blocking(sock_t sock, int block);
@@ -148,9 +130,6 @@ int sock_connected(sock_t sock, int timeout);
 int sock_write_bytes(sock_t sock, const void *buff, size_t len);
 int sock_write(sock_t sock, const char *fmt, ...);
 int sock_write_fmt(sock_t sock, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
-int sock_write_string(sock_t sock, const char *buff);
-ssize_t sock_writev (sock_t sock, const struct iovec *iov, size_t count);
-
 
 /* Socket read functions */
 int sock_read_bytes(sock_t sock, char *buff, size_t len);
diff --git a/net/test_resolver.c b/net/test_resolver.c
deleted file mode 100644
index cac1c8e..0000000
--- a/net/test_resolver.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#include "resolver.h"
-
-int main()
-{
-    char buff[1024];
-
-    resolver_initialize();
-
-    printf("I got %s, when looking up %s.\n", resolver_getip("bach.greenwitch.com", buff, 1024), "bach.greenwitch.com");
-    printf("I got %s, when looking up %s.\n", resolver_getname("207.181.249.14", buff, 1024), "207.181.249.14");
-
-    return 0;
-}
-