diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 8a9713ce..355a9b14 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #define IRSSI_GLOBAL_CONFIG "irssi.conf" /* config file name in /etc/ */
 #define IRSSI_HOME_CONFIG "config" /* config file name in ~/.irssi/ */
 
-#define IRSSI_ABI_VERSION 23
+#define IRSSI_ABI_VERSION 24
 
 #define DEFAULT_SERVER_ADD_PORT 6667
 #define DEFAULT_SERVER_ADD_TLS_PORT 6697
diff --git a/src/core/net-nonblock.c b/src/core/net-nonblock.c
index 31fbf985..1ad5f42f 100644
--- a/src/core/net-nonblock.c
+++ b/src/core/net-nonblock.c
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 
 /* nonblocking gethostbyname(), ip (IPADDR) + error (int, 0 = not error) is
    written to pipe when found PID of the resolver child is returned */
-int net_gethostbyname_nonblock(const char *addr, GIOChannel *pipe,
-			       int reverse_lookup)
+int net_gethostbyname_nonblock(const char *addr, GIOChannel *pipe, int reverse_lookup)
 {
 	RESOLVED_IP_REC rec;
 	const char *errorstr;
 	int pid;
-	int len;
+
+	(void) reverse_lookup; /* Kept for API backward compatibility */
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail(addr != NULL, FALSE);
 
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ int net_gethostbyname_nonblock(const char *addr, GIOChannel *pipe,
 	rec.error = net_gethostbyname(addr, &rec.ip4, &rec.ip6);
 	if (rec.error == 0) {
 		errorstr = NULL;
-		if (reverse_lookup) {
-			/* reverse lookup the IP, ignore any error */
-			if (rec.ip4.family != 0)
-				net_gethostbyaddr(&rec.ip4, &rec.host4);
-			if (rec.ip6.family != 0)
-				net_gethostbyaddr(&rec.ip6, &rec.host6);
-		}
 	} else {
 		errorstr = net_gethosterror(rec.error);
 		rec.errlen = errorstr == NULL ? 0 : strlen(errorstr)+1;
@@ -72,22 +65,6 @@ int net_gethostbyname_nonblock(const char *addr, GIOChannel *pipe,
 	g_io_channel_write_block(pipe, &rec, sizeof(rec));
 	if (rec.errlen != 0)
 		g_io_channel_write_block(pipe, (void *) errorstr, rec.errlen);
-	else {
-		if (rec.host4) {
-			len = strlen(rec.host4) + 1;
-			g_io_channel_write_block(pipe, (void *) &len,
-						       sizeof(int));
-			g_io_channel_write_block(pipe, (void *) rec.host4,
-						       len);
-		}
-		if (rec.host6) {
-			len = strlen(rec.host6) + 1;
-			g_io_channel_write_block(pipe, (void *) &len,
-						       sizeof(int));
-			g_io_channel_write_block(pipe, (void *) rec.host6,
-						       len);
-		}
-	}
 
 	if (pid == 0)
 		_exit(99);
@@ -99,12 +76,8 @@ int net_gethostbyname_nonblock(const char *addr, GIOChannel *pipe,
 /* get the resolved IP address */
 int net_gethostbyname_return(GIOChannel *pipe, RESOLVED_IP_REC *rec)
 {
-	int len;
-
 	rec->error = -1;
 	rec->errorstr = NULL;
-	rec->host4 = NULL;
-	rec->host6 = NULL;
 
 	fcntl(g_io_channel_unix_get_fd(pipe), F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
 
@@ -120,17 +93,6 @@ int net_gethostbyname_return(GIOChannel *pipe, RESOLVED_IP_REC *rec)
 		   reason, just ignore it. */
 		rec->errorstr = g_malloc0(rec->errlen+1);
 		g_io_channel_read_block(pipe, rec->errorstr, rec->errlen);
-	} else {
-		if (rec->host4) {
-			g_io_channel_read_block(pipe, &len, sizeof(int));
-			rec->host4 = g_malloc0(len);
-			g_io_channel_read_block(pipe, rec->host4, len);
-		}
-		if (rec->host6) {
-			g_io_channel_read_block(pipe, &len, sizeof(int));
-			rec->host6 = g_malloc0(len);
-			g_io_channel_read_block(pipe, rec->host6, len);
-		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/core/net-nonblock.h b/src/core/net-nonblock.h
index 086c9dab..c93dd9e3 100644
--- a/src/core/net-nonblock.h
+++ b/src/core/net-nonblock.h
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@ typedef struct {
 	int errlen; /* error text length */
 	char *errorstr; /* error string - dynamically allocated, you'll
 	                   need to free() it yourself unless it's NULL */
-	char *host4, *host6; /* dito */
 } RESOLVED_IP_REC;
 
 /* nonblocking gethostbyname(), PID of the resolver child is returned. */
-int net_gethostbyname_nonblock(const char *addr, GIOChannel *pipe,
-			       int reverse_lookup);
+int net_gethostbyname_nonblock(const char *addr, GIOChannel *pipe, int reverse_lookup);
 /* get the resolved IP address. returns -1 if some error occurred with read() */
 int net_gethostbyname_return(GIOChannel *pipe, RESOLVED_IP_REC *rec);
 
diff --git a/src/core/servers.c b/src/core/servers.c
index 20452f8c..5b850a28 100644
--- a/src/core/servers.c
+++ b/src/core/servers.c
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ static void server_connect_callback_readpipe(SERVER_REC *server)
 	RESOLVED_IP_REC iprec;
         IPADDR *ip;
 	const char *errormsg;
-	char *servername = NULL;
 
 	g_source_remove(server->connect_tag);
 	server->connect_tag = -1;
@@ -283,11 +282,9 @@ static void server_connect_callback_readpipe(SERVER_REC *server)
 	} else if (server->connrec->family == AF_INET) {
 		/* force IPv4 connection */
 		ip = iprec.ip4.family == 0 ? NULL : &iprec.ip4;
-		servername = iprec.host4;
 	} else if (server->connrec->family == AF_INET6) {
 		/* force IPv6 connection */
 		ip = iprec.ip6.family == 0 ? NULL : &iprec.ip6;
-		servername = iprec.host6;
 	} else {
 		/* pick the one that was found, or if both do it like
 		   /SET resolve_prefer_ipv6 says. */
@@ -295,19 +292,13 @@ static void server_connect_callback_readpipe(SERVER_REC *server)
 		    (iprec.ip6.family != 0 &&
 		     settings_get_bool("resolve_prefer_ipv6"))) {
 			ip = &iprec.ip6;
-			servername = iprec.host6;
 		} else {
 			ip = &iprec.ip4;
-			servername = iprec.host4;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (ip != NULL) {
 		/* host lookup ok */
-		if (servername) {
-			g_free(server->connrec->address);
-			server->connrec->address = g_strdup(servername);
-		}
 		server_real_connect(server, ip, NULL);
 		errormsg = NULL;
 	} else {
@@ -333,8 +324,6 @@ static void server_connect_callback_readpipe(SERVER_REC *server)
 	}
 
 	g_free(iprec.errorstr);
-	g_free(iprec.host4);
-	g_free(iprec.host6);
 }
 
 SERVER_REC *server_connect(SERVER_CONNECT_REC *conn)
@@ -418,8 +407,7 @@ int server_start_connect(SERVER_REC *server)
 			server->connrec->proxy : server->connrec->address;
 		server->connect_pid =
 			net_gethostbyname_nonblock(connect_address,
-						   server->connect_pipe[1],
-						   settings_get_bool("resolve_reverse_lookup"));
+						   server->connect_pipe[1], 0);
 		server->connect_tag =
 			g_input_add(server->connect_pipe[0], G_INPUT_READ,
 				    (GInputFunction)
@@ -739,7 +727,6 @@ static void sig_chat_protocol_deinit(CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *proto)
 void servers_init(void)
 {
 	settings_add_bool("server", "resolve_prefer_ipv6", FALSE);
-	settings_add_bool("server", "resolve_reverse_lookup", FALSE);
 	lookup_servers = servers = NULL;
 
 	signal_add("chat protocol deinit", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_chat_protocol_deinit);
diff --git a/src/core/settings.c b/src/core/settings.c
index 9b50f6f4..f8c0b9df 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.c
+++ b/src/core/settings.c
@@ -557,7 +557,8 @@ static int backwards_compatibility(const char *module, CONFIG_NODE *node,
 			g_free(new_value);
 			config_changed = TRUE;
 			return new_key != NULL;
-		} else if (g_ascii_strcasecmp(node->key, "actlist_moves") == 0 &&
+		}
+		if (g_ascii_strcasecmp(node->key, "actlist_moves") == 0 &&
 			   node->value != NULL && g_ascii_strcasecmp(node->value, "yes") == 0) {
 			config_node_set_str(mainconfig, parent, "actlist_sort", "recent");
 			config_node_set_str(mainconfig, parent, node->key, NULL);
@@ -565,6 +566,12 @@ static int backwards_compatibility(const char *module, CONFIG_NODE *node,
 			return TRUE;
 		}
 	}
+	if (g_strcmp0(module, "core") == 0 &&
+			g_strcmp0(node->key, "resolve_reverse_lookup") == 0) {
+		config_node_set_str(mainconfig, parent, node->key, NULL);
+		config_changed = TRUE;
+		return TRUE;
+	}
 	return new_key != NULL;
 }