diff --git a/node/Address.hpp b/node/Address.hpp
index 7548d56e2..137e4f4f3 100644
--- a/node/Address.hpp
+++ b/node/Address.hpp
@@ -166,23 +166,6 @@ public:
 		return _a;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Test whether this address is within a multicast propagation prefix
-	 *
-	 * Multicast propagation prefixes are (right-to-left a.k.a. LSB to MSB)
-	 * bit pattern prefixes of prefixBits bits that restrict which peers are
-	 * visited along a given multicast graph traversal path.
-	 *
-	 * @param prefix Prefix bit pattern (LSB to MSB)
-	 * @param prefixBits Number of bits in prefix bit pattern
-	 * @return True if address is within prefix
-	 */
-	inline bool withinMulticastPropagationPrefix(uint64_t prefix,unsigned int prefixBits) const
-		throw()
-	{
-		return ((_a & (0xffffffffffffffffULL >> (64 - prefixBits))) == prefix);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @return Hexadecimal string
 	 */