diff --git a/include/tools/networkTools.h b/include/tools/networkTools.h
index 4281860f5..4762e2286 100644
--- a/include/tools/networkTools.h
+++ b/include/tools/networkTools.h
@@ -20,13 +20,10 @@
 #ifndef KIWIX_NETWORKTOOLS_H
 #define KIWIX_NETWORKTOOLS_H
 
-#include <map>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace kiwix
 {
-std::map<std::string, std::string> getNetworkInterfaces();
-std::string getBestPublicIp();
 std::string download(const std::string& url);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/networkTools.cpp b/src/tools/networkTools.cpp
index 3c69bad16..76d8f3dbf 100644
--- a/src/tools/networkTools.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/networkTools.cpp
@@ -19,167 +19,18 @@
 
 #include <tools/networkTools.h>
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#include <winsock2.h>
-#include <ws2tcpip.h>
-#else
-#include <net/if.h>
-#include <netdb.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 
-std::map<std::string, std::string> kiwix::getNetworkInterfaces()
-{
-  std::map<std::string, std::string> interfaces;
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-  SOCKET sd = WSASocket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0, 0, 0, 0);
-  if (sd == (SOCKET)SOCKET_ERROR) {
-    std::cerr << "Failed to get a socket. Error " << WSAGetLastError()
-              << std::endl;
-    return interfaces;
-  }
-
-  INTERFACE_INFO InterfaceList[20];
-  unsigned long nBytesReturned;
-  if (WSAIoctl(sd,
-               SIO_GET_INTERFACE_LIST,
-               0,
-               0,
-               &InterfaceList,
-               sizeof(InterfaceList),
-               &nBytesReturned,
-               0,
-               0)
-      == SOCKET_ERROR) {
-    std::cerr << "Failed calling WSAIoctl: error " << WSAGetLastError()
-              << std::endl;
-    return interfaces;
-  }
-
-  int nNumInterfaces = nBytesReturned / sizeof(INTERFACE_INFO);
-  for (int i = 0; i < nNumInterfaces; ++i) {
-    sockaddr_in* pAddress;
-    pAddress = (sockaddr_in*)&(InterfaceList[i].iiAddress);
-
-    /* Add to the map */
-    std::string interfaceName = std::string(inet_ntoa(pAddress->sin_addr));
-    std::string interfaceIp = std::string(inet_ntoa(pAddress->sin_addr));
-    interfaces.insert(
-        std::pair<std::string, std::string>(interfaceName, interfaceIp));
-  }
-#else
-  /* Get Network interfaces information */
-  char buf[16384];
-  struct ifconf ifconf;
-  int fd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); /* Only IPV4 */
-  ifconf.ifc_len = sizeof buf;
-  ifconf.ifc_buf = buf;
-  if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifconf) != 0) {
-    perror("ioctl(SIOCGIFCONF)");
-    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-  }
-
-  /* Go through each interface */
-  int i;
-  size_t len;
-  struct ifreq* ifreq;
-  ifreq = ifconf.ifc_req;
-  for (i = 0; i < ifconf.ifc_len;) {
-    if (ifreq->ifr_addr.sa_family == AF_INET) {
-      /* Get the network interface ip */
-      char host[128] = {0};
-      const int error = getnameinfo(&(ifreq->ifr_addr),
-                                    sizeof ifreq->ifr_addr,
-                                    host,
-                                    sizeof host,
-                                    0,
-                                    0,
-                                    NI_NUMERICHOST);
-      if (!error) {
-        std::string interfaceName = std::string(ifreq->ifr_name);
-        std::string interfaceIp = std::string(host);
-        /* Add to the map */
-        interfaces.insert(
-            std::pair<std::string, std::string>(interfaceName, interfaceIp));
-      } else {
-        perror("getnameinfo()");
-      }
-    }
-
-/* some systems have ifr_addr.sa_len and adjust the length that
- * way, but not mine. weird */
-#ifndef __linux__
-    len = IFNAMSIZ + ifreq->ifr_addr.sa_len;
-#else
-    len = sizeof *ifreq;
-#endif
-    ifreq = (struct ifreq*)((char*)ifreq + len);
-    i += len;
-  }
-#endif
-  return interfaces;
-}
-
-std::string kiwix::getBestPublicIp()
-{
-  std::map<std::string, std::string> interfaces = kiwix::getNetworkInterfaces();
-
-#ifndef _WIN32
-  const char* const prioritizedNames[]
-      = {"eth0", "eth1", "wlan0", "wlan1", "en0", "en1"};
-  const int count = (sizeof prioritizedNames) / (sizeof prioritizedNames[0]);
-  for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-    std::map<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator it
-        = interfaces.find(prioritizedNames[i]);
-    if (it != interfaces.end()) {
-      return it->second;
-    }
-  }
-#endif
-
-  for (std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator iter = interfaces.begin();
-       iter != interfaces.end();
-       ++iter) {
-    std::string interfaceIp = iter->second;
-    if (interfaceIp.length() >= 7 && interfaceIp.substr(0, 7) == "192.168") {
-      return interfaceIp;
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator iter = interfaces.begin();
-       iter != interfaces.end();
-       ++iter) {
-    std::string interfaceIp = iter->second;
-    if (interfaceIp.length() >= 7 && interfaceIp.substr(0, 7) == "172.16.") {
-      return interfaceIp;
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator iter = interfaces.begin();
-       iter != interfaces.end();
-       ++iter) {
-    std::string interfaceIp = iter->second;
-    if (interfaceIp.length() >= 3 && interfaceIp.substr(0, 3) == "10.") {
-      return interfaceIp;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return "127.0.0.1";
-}
-
 size_t write_callback_to_iss(char* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userdata)
 {
   auto str = static_cast<std::stringstream*>(userdata);