diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 3d948e593f58a5f6df0ccbcfc536c086a6859aa3..8bd94e5651dbc597fcd80bc585a47c6633ee3993 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 /* Config parameters. */
 #include "../config.h"
 
-/* Needed for gethostname() */
-#include <unistd.h>
-
 /* MPI headers. */
 #ifdef WITH_MPI
 #include <mpi.h>
@@ -50,24 +47,6 @@
 /* Local headers. */
 #include "version_string.h"
 
-/**
- * @brief Return the hostname
- *
- * Will return the name of the host.
- *
- * @result the hostname.
- */
-const char *hostname(void) {
-  static char buf[256];
-  static int initialised = 0;
-  if (!initialised) {
-    buf[255] = '\0';
-    if (gethostname(buf, 255)) sprintf(buf, "%s", "Unknown host");
-    initialised = 1;
-  }
-  return buf;
-}
-
 /**
  * @brief Return the source code git revision
  *
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 07a98c5e3175efd82110efc0104336d657edd469..0d568f312cf775cf932d580a49da7c19c9e14b21 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 const char* package_description(void);
 const char* package_version(void);
-const char* hostname(void);
 const char* git_revision(void);
 const char* git_branch(void);
 const char* compiler_name(void);