diff --git a/lib/hostip.c b/lib/hostip.c
index 6c89bd4aef2be489b49ccbcc34adbba8a205573f..ed717f76f6e6ca78f628736173320826be9af3d5 100644
--- a/lib/hostip.c
+++ b/lib/hostip.c
@@ -86,9 +86,11 @@ static Curl_addrinfo *my_getaddrinfo(struct connectdata *conn,
                                      char *hostname,
                                      int port,
                                      int *waitp);
+#ifndef ENABLE_IPV6
 #if !defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R) || defined(USE_ARES)
 static struct hostent* pack_hostent(char** buf, struct hostent* orig);
 #endif
+#endif
 
 void Curl_global_host_cache_init(void)
 {