diff --git a/nping/configure b/nping/configure
index 0c185deb5..2e73b7d78 100755
--- a/nping/configure
+++ b/nping/configure
@@ -2243,8 +2243,6 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 
 
-
-
 # Check whether --with-localdirs was given.
 if test "${with_localdirs+set}" = set; then :
   withval=$with_localdirs;  case "$with_localdirs" in
diff --git a/scripts/hostmap-ip2hosts.nse b/scripts/hostmap-ip2hosts.nse
deleted file mode 100644
index 12e43ff52..000000000
--- a/scripts/hostmap-ip2hosts.nse
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-description = [[
-Finds hostnames that resolve to the target's IP address by querying the online database:
-* http://www.ip2hosts.com ( Bing Search Results )
-
-The script is in the "external" category because it sends target IPs to a third party in order to query their database.
-]]
-
----
--- @args hostmap.prefix If set, saves the output for each host in a file
--- called "<prefix><target>". The file contains one entry per line.
--- @args newtargets If set, add the new hostnames to the scanning queue.
--- This the names presumably resolve to the same IP address as the
--- original target, this is only useful for services such as HTTP that
--- can change their behavior based on hostname.
---
--- @usage
--- nmap --script hostmap-ip2hosts --script-args 'hostmap-ip2hosts.prefix=hostmap-' <targets>
--- @usage
--- nmap -sn --script hostmap-ip2hosts <target>
--- @output
--- Host script results:
--- | hostmap-ip2hosts:
--- |   hosts:
--- |     insecure.org
--- |     nmap.org
--- |     sectools.org
--- |     svn.nmap.org
--- |     cgi.insecure.org
--- |_  filename: output_nmap.org
--- @xmloutput
--- <table key="hosts">
---  <elem>insecure.org</elem>
---  <elem>nmap.org</elem>
---  <elem>sectools.org</elem>
---  <elem>svn.nmap.org</elem>
---  <elem>cgi.insecure.org</elem>
---  </table>
--- <elem key="filename">output_nmap.org</elem>
----
-
-author = "Paulino Calderon <calderon@websec.mx>"
-
-license = "Same as Nmap--See https://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html"
-
-categories = {"external", "discovery"}
-
-local ipOps = require "ipOps"
-local io = require "io"
-local http = require "http"
-local stdnse = require "stdnse"
-local string = require "string"
-local stringaux = require "stringaux"
-local table = require "table"
-local target = require "target"
-
-local HOSTMAP_BING_SERVER = "www.ip2hosts.com"
-local HOSTMAP_DEFAULT_PROVIDER = "ALL"
-
-local write_file
-
-hostrule = function(host)
-  return not ipOps.isPrivate(host.ip)
-end
-
-local function query_bing(ip)
-  local query = "/csv.php?ip=" .. ip
-  local response
-  local entries
-  response = http.get(HOSTMAP_BING_SERVER, 80, query, {any_af=true})
-  local hostnames = {}
-  if not response.status then
-    return string.format("Error: could not GET http://%s%s", HOSTMAP_BING_SERVER, query)
-  end
-  entries = stringaux.strsplit(",", response.body);
-  for _, entry in pairs(entries) do
-    if not hostnames[entry] and entry ~= "" then
-      if target.ALLOW_NEW_TARGETS then
-        local status, err = target.add(entry)
-      end
-      entry = string.gsub(entry, "(https://)", "")
-      entry = string.gsub(entry, "(http://)", "")
-      hostnames[#hostnames + 1] = entry
-    end
-  end
-
-  if #hostnames == 0 then
-    if not string.find(response.body, "no results") then
-      return "Error: found no hostnames but not the marker for \"no hostnames found\" (pattern error?)"
-    end
-  end
-  return hostnames
-end
-
-action = function(host)
-  local filename_prefix = stdnse.get_script_args("hostmap.prefix")
-  local hostnames = {}
-  local hostnames_str, output_str
-  local output_tab = stdnse.output_table()
-  stdnse.debug1("Using database: %s", HOSTMAP_BING_SERVER)
-  hostnames = query_bing(host.ip)
-
-  output_tab.hosts = hostnames
-  --write to file
-  if filename_prefix then
-    local filename = filename_prefix .. stringaux.filename_escape(host.targetname or host.ip)
-    hostnames_str = table.concat(hostnames, "\n")
-    local status, err = write_file(filename, hostnames_str)
-    if status then
-      output_tab.filename = filename
-    else
-      stdnse.debug1("There was an error saving the file %s:%s", filename, err)
-    end
-  end
-
-  return output_tab
-end
-
-function write_file(filename, contents)
-  local f, err = io.open(filename, "w")
-  if not f then
-    return f, err
-  end
-  f:write(contents)
-  f:close()
-  return true
-end