diff --git a/headers/private/net/r5_compatibility.h b/headers/private/net/r5_compatibility.h
index 7a16df9a83..b76cf9ac7f 100644
--- a/headers/private/net/r5_compatibility.h
+++ b/headers/private/net/r5_compatibility.h
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ struct r5_sockaddr_in {
 extern bool __gR5Compatibility;
 extern addr_t __gNetworkStart;
 extern addr_t __gNetworkEnd;
-extern addr_t __gNetAPIStart;
-extern addr_t __gNetAPIEnd;
 
 
 static inline bool
diff --git a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/Jamfile b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/Jamfile
index b123b8e69a..c94dc6f22a 100644
--- a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/Jamfile
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ for architectureObject in [ MultiArchSubDirSetup ] {
 		}
 
 		SharedLibrary [ MultiArchDefaultGristFiles libbnetapi.so ] :
-			init.cpp
 			DynamicBuffer.cpp
 			NetEndpoint.cpp
 			NetAddress.cpp
diff --git a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/init.cpp b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/init.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index a554f90b0a..0000000000
--- a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/init.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2006-2008, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
- *
- * Authors:
- *		Axel Dörfler, axeld@pinc-software.de
- */
-
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include <image.h>
-#include <OS.h>
-
-#include <r5_compatibility.h>
-
-
-static void
-find_own_image(image_id id)
-{
-	image_info info;
-	if (get_image_info(id, &info) == B_OK) {
-		__gNetAPIStart = (addr_t)min_c(info.text, info.data);
-		__gNetAPIEnd = min_c((addr_t)info.text + info.text_size,
-			(addr_t)info.data + info.data_size);
-	}
-}
-
-
-extern "C" void
-initialize_before(image_id id)
-{
-	// If in compatibility mode get our code address range.
-	if (__gR5Compatibility)
-		find_own_image(id);
-}