diff --git a/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer.pm b/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer.pm
index 42dad62..e4af474 100644
--- a/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer.pm
+++ b/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer.pm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if (
     # INET6 prior to 2.01 will not work; sorry.
     eval {require IO::Socket::INET6; IO::Socket::INET6->VERSION("2.00");}
     ) {
-    import Socket6;
+    Socket6->import(qw(inet_ntop));
     $has_ipv6=1;
 }
 
diff --git a/qpsmtpd-forkserver b/qpsmtpd-forkserver
index c281a4f..84000f3 100755
--- a/qpsmtpd-forkserver
+++ b/qpsmtpd-forkserver
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ $| = 1;
 
 my $has_ipv6 = Qpsmtpd::TcpServer::has_ipv6;
 
-if ($has_ipv6) {
-  eval 'use Socket6';
-}
-
 # Configuration
 my $MAXCONN   = 15;                  # max simultaneous connections
 my @PORT;                            # port number(s)
diff --git a/qpsmtpd-prefork b/qpsmtpd-prefork
index c176886..3d018a9 100755
--- a/qpsmtpd-prefork
+++ b/qpsmtpd-prefork
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ defined $Config{sig_name} || die "No signals?";
 
 my $has_ipv6 = Qpsmtpd::TcpServer::has_ipv6;
 
-if ($has_ipv6) {
-  use Socket6;
-}
-
 #use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday tv_interval);
 
 #get available signals