--- gnome-session/main.c
+++ gnome-session/main.c
@@ -162,126 +162,6 @@
 	       *bool_value ? "On" : "Off");
 }
 
-/* returns the hostname */
-static gchar *
-get_hostname (gboolean readable)
-{
-  static gboolean init = FALSE;
-  static gchar *result = NULL;
-  
-  if (!init)
-    {
-      char hostname[256];
-      
-      if (gethostname (hostname, sizeof (hostname)) == 0)
-	result = g_strdup (hostname);
-		
-      init = TRUE;
-    }
-	
-  if (result)
-    return result;
-  else
-    return readable ? "(Unknown)" : NULL;
-}
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
-/*Check whether the node is IPv6 enabled.*/
-static gboolean
-have_ipv6 (void)
-{
-  int s;
-
-  s = socket (AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-  if (s != -1) {
-    close (s);
-    return TRUE;
-  }
-  return FALSE;
-}
-#endif
-
-/* Check if a DNS lookup on `hostname` can be done */
-static gboolean
-check_for_dns (void)
-{
-  char *hostname;
-  
-  hostname = get_hostname (FALSE);
-	
-  if (!hostname)
-    return FALSE;
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
-  if (have_ipv6 ())
-    {
-      struct addrinfo hints, *result = NULL;
-
-      memset (&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
-      hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
-      hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME;
-
-      if (getaddrinfo (hostname, NULL, &hints, &result) != 0)
-	return FALSE;
-
-      if (!result->ai_canonname)
-	return FALSE;
-    } 
-  else
-#endif
-    {
-      /*
-       * FIXME:
-       *  we should probably be a lot more robust here
-       */
-      if (!gethostbyname (hostname))
-	return FALSE;
-    }
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
-enum {
-  RESPONSE_LOG_IN,
-  RESPONSE_TRY_AGAIN
-};
-    
-static void
-gnome_login_check (void)
-{
-  GtkWidget *tmp_msgbox = NULL;
-
-  while (!check_for_dns ())
-    {
-      if (!tmp_msgbox)
-	{
-	  tmp_msgbox = gtk_message_dialog_new (NULL, 0,
-					       GTK_MESSAGE_WARNING,
-					       GTK_BUTTONS_NONE,
-					       _("Could not look up internet address for %s.\n"
-						 "This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.\n"
-						 "It may be possible to correct the problem by adding\n"
-						 "%s to the file /etc/hosts."),
-					       get_hostname(TRUE), get_hostname(TRUE));
-  
-	  gtk_dialog_add_buttons (GTK_DIALOG (tmp_msgbox),
-				  _("Log in Anyway"), RESPONSE_LOG_IN,
-				  _("Try Again"), RESPONSE_TRY_AGAIN,
-				  NULL);
-	  
-	  gtk_window_set_position (GTK_WINDOW (tmp_msgbox), GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);
-	}
-
-      gtk_dialog_set_default_response (GTK_DIALOG (tmp_msgbox), RESPONSE_TRY_AGAIN);
-
-      if (RESPONSE_TRY_AGAIN != gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (tmp_msgbox)))
-	break;
-    }
-
-    if (tmp_msgbox)
-	gtk_widget_destroy (tmp_msgbox);
-}
-
 static void
 gsm_shutdown_gconfd (void)
 {
@@ -370,9 +250,6 @@
   /* We need to do this as early as possible */
   gsm_set_display_properties ();
   
-  if (ORBit_proto_use ("IPv4") || ORBit_proto_use ("IPv6"))
-    gnome_login_check ();
-
   err = NULL;
   g_spawn_command_line_sync (GCONF_SANITY_CHECK, NULL, NULL, &status, &err);
   if (err != NULL)