diff --git a/src/base/hostinfo.cc b/src/base/hostinfo.cc
index 577ab01838..0e11f3fdff 100644
--- a/src/base/hostinfo.cc
+++ b/src/base/hostinfo.cc
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 
 #include "base/hostinfo.hh"
 
-#include <unistd.h>
-
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 #include <mach/mach_init.h>
 #include <mach/shared_region.h>
@@ -41,22 +39,6 @@
 #include "base/logging.hh"
 #include "base/str.hh"
 
-std::string
-__get_hostname()
-{
-    char host[256];
-    if (gethostname(host, sizeof host) == -1)
-        warn("could not get host name!");
-    return host;
-}
-
-std::string &
-hostname()
-{
-    static std::string hostname = __get_hostname();
-    return hostname;
-}
-
 #ifndef __APPLE__
 uint64_t
 procInfo(const char *filename, const char *target)
diff --git a/src/base/hostinfo.hh b/src/base/hostinfo.hh
index 3efb6f4d02..d8a8910ed8 100644
--- a/src/base/hostinfo.hh
+++ b/src/base/hostinfo.hh
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@
 #define __HOSTINFO_HH__
 
 #include <cstdint>
-#include <string>
-
-/**
- * Get the host name for the current machine.
- *
- * @return The machine's host name.
- */
-std::string &hostname();
 
 /**
  * Determine the simulator process' total virtual memory usage.