diff --git a/src/client/connect/dns.rs b/src/client/connect/dns.rs
index 604476df..01984734 100644
--- a/src/client/connect/dns.rs
+++ b/src/client/connect/dns.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 //! });
 //! ```
 use std::error::Error;
-use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr};
+use std::net::{SocketAddr};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::{fmt, vec};
 
@@ -118,48 +118,6 @@ pub(super) struct SocketAddrs {
     iter: vec::IntoIter<SocketAddr>,
 }
 
-impl SocketAddrs {
-    pub(super) fn new(addrs: Vec<SocketAddr>) -> Self {
-        SocketAddrs {
-            iter: addrs.into_iter(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn filter(self, predicate: impl FnMut(&SocketAddr) -> bool) -> SocketAddrs {
-        SocketAddrs::new(self.iter.filter(predicate).collect())
-    }
-
-    pub(super) fn split_by_preference(
-        self,
-        local_addr_ipv4: Option<Ipv4Addr>,
-        local_addr_ipv6: Option<Ipv6Addr>,
-    ) -> (SocketAddrs, SocketAddrs) {
-        match (local_addr_ipv4, local_addr_ipv6) {
-            (Some(_), None) => (self.filter(SocketAddr::is_ipv4), SocketAddrs::new(vec![])),
-            (None, Some(_)) => (self.filter(SocketAddr::is_ipv6), SocketAddrs::new(vec![])),
-            _ => {
-                let preferring_v6 = self
-                    .iter
-                    .as_slice()
-                    .first()
-                    .map(SocketAddr::is_ipv6)
-                    .unwrap_or(false);
-
-                let (preferred, fallback) = self
-                    .iter
-                    .partition::<Vec<_>, _>(|addr| addr.is_ipv6() == preferring_v6);
-
-                (SocketAddrs::new(preferred), SocketAddrs::new(fallback))
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub(super) fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.iter.as_slice().is_empty()
-    }
-}
-
 impl Iterator for SocketAddrs {
     type Item = SocketAddr;
     #[inline]
@@ -270,57 +228,6 @@ mod sealed {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr};
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_ip_addrs_split_by_preference() {
-        let ip_v4 = Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1);
-        let ip_v6 = Ipv6Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1);
-        let v4_addr = (ip_v4, 80).into();
-        let v6_addr = (ip_v6, 80).into();
-
-        let (mut preferred, mut fallback) = SocketAddrs {
-            iter: vec![v4_addr, v6_addr].into_iter(),
-        }
-        .split_by_preference(None, None);
-        assert!(preferred.next().unwrap().is_ipv4());
-        assert!(fallback.next().unwrap().is_ipv6());
-
-        let (mut preferred, mut fallback) = SocketAddrs {
-            iter: vec![v6_addr, v4_addr].into_iter(),
-        }
-        .split_by_preference(None, None);
-        assert!(preferred.next().unwrap().is_ipv6());
-        assert!(fallback.next().unwrap().is_ipv4());
-
-        let (mut preferred, mut fallback) = SocketAddrs {
-            iter: vec![v4_addr, v6_addr].into_iter(),
-        }
-        .split_by_preference(Some(ip_v4), Some(ip_v6));
-        assert!(preferred.next().unwrap().is_ipv4());
-        assert!(fallback.next().unwrap().is_ipv6());
-
-        let (mut preferred, mut fallback) = SocketAddrs {
-            iter: vec![v6_addr, v4_addr].into_iter(),
-        }
-        .split_by_preference(Some(ip_v4), Some(ip_v6));
-        assert!(preferred.next().unwrap().is_ipv6());
-        assert!(fallback.next().unwrap().is_ipv4());
-
-        let (mut preferred, fallback) = SocketAddrs {
-            iter: vec![v4_addr, v6_addr].into_iter(),
-        }
-        .split_by_preference(Some(ip_v4), None);
-        assert!(preferred.next().unwrap().is_ipv4());
-        assert!(fallback.is_empty());
-
-        let (mut preferred, fallback) = SocketAddrs {
-            iter: vec![v4_addr, v6_addr].into_iter(),
-        }
-        .split_by_preference(None, Some(ip_v6));
-        assert!(preferred.next().unwrap().is_ipv6());
-        assert!(fallback.is_empty());
-    }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_name_from_str() {