diff --git a/idle_scan.cc b/idle_scan.cc
index f01239426..0124fdb7e 100644
--- a/idle_scan.cc
+++ b/idle_scan.cc
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static int ipid_proxy_probe(struct idle_proxy_info *proxy, int *probes_sent,
 
       to_usec = proxy->host.to.timeout - TIMEVAL_SUBTRACT(tv_end, tv_sent[tries-1]);
       if (to_usec < 0) to_usec = 0; // Final no-block poll
-      ip = (struct ip *) readip_pcap(proxy->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime, NULL, true);      
+      ip = (struct ip *) readipv4_pcap(proxy->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime, NULL, true);      
       gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL);
       if (ip) {
 	if (bytes < ( 4 * ip->ip_hl) + 14U)
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static void initialize_idleproxy(struct idle_proxy_info *proxy, char *proxyName,
     while(probes_returned < probes_sent && !timedout) {
 
       to_usec = (probes_sent == NUM_IPID_PROBES)? hardtimeout : 1000;
-      ip = (struct ip *) readip_pcap(proxy->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime, NULL, true);
+      ip = (struct ip *) readipv4_pcap(proxy->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime, NULL, true);
 
       gettimeofday(&tmptv, NULL);
       
diff --git a/osscan2.cc b/osscan2.cc
index 669466421..b67e69006 100644
--- a/osscan2.cc
+++ b/osscan2.cc
@@ -3347,7 +3347,7 @@ static void doSeqTests(OsScanInfo *OSI, HostOsScan *HOS) {
       if(o.debugging > 2)
         log_write(LOG_PLAIN, "pcap wait time is %ld.\n", to_usec);
       
-      ip = (struct ip*) readip_pcap(HOS->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime, &linkhdr, true);
+      ip = (struct ip*) readipv4_pcap(HOS->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime, &linkhdr, true);
     
       gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
       
@@ -3516,7 +3516,7 @@ static void doTUITests(OsScanInfo *OSI, HostOsScan *HOS) {
       if(o.debugging > 2)
         log_write(LOG_PLAIN, "pcap wait time is %ld.\n", to_usec);
       
-      ip = (struct ip*) readip_pcap(HOS->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime, &linkhdr, true);
+      ip = (struct ip*) readipv4_pcap(HOS->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime, &linkhdr, true);
     
       gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
       
diff --git a/scan_engine.cc b/scan_engine.cc
index 45641e7e4..a05904367 100644
--- a/scan_engine.cc
+++ b/scan_engine.cc
@@ -4139,7 +4139,7 @@ static bool get_pcap_result(UltraScanInfo *USI, struct timeval *stime) {
 
     to_usec = TIMEVAL_SUBTRACT(*stime, USI->now);
     if (to_usec < 2000) to_usec = 2000;
-    ip_tmp = (struct ip *) readip46_pcap(USI->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime, &linkhdr, true);
+    ip_tmp = (struct ip *) readip_pcap(USI->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime, &linkhdr, true);
     gettimeofday(&USI->now, NULL);
     if (!ip_tmp && TIMEVAL_SUBTRACT(*stime, USI->now) < 0) {
       timedout = true;
@@ -4705,7 +4705,7 @@ static int get_ping_pcap_result(UltraScanInfo *USI, struct timeval *stime) {
   do {
     to_usec = TIMEVAL_SUBTRACT(*stime, USI->now);
     if (to_usec < 2000) to_usec = 2000;
-    ip_tmp = (struct ip *) readip46_pcap(USI->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime,
+    ip_tmp = (struct ip *) readip_pcap(USI->pd, &bytes, to_usec, &rcvdtime,
         &linkhdr, true);
     gettimeofday(&USI->now, NULL);
     if (!ip_tmp) {
diff --git a/tcpip.cc b/tcpip.cc
index 0337d81a3..c8aa630a3 100644
--- a/tcpip.cc
+++ b/tcpip.cc
@@ -1458,220 +1458,25 @@ static bool validatepkt(u8 *ipc, unsigned *len) {
    linknfo->header will be filled with the appropriate values. */
 /* Specifying true for validate will enable validity checks against the
    received IP packet.  See validatepkt() for a list of checks. */
-char *readip_pcap(pcap_t *pd, unsigned int *len, long to_usec,
-                  struct timeval *rcvdtime, struct link_header *linknfo,
-                  bool validate) {
-  unsigned int offset = 0;
-  struct pcap_pkthdr head;
-  char *p;
-  int datalink;
-  int timedout = 0;
-  struct timeval tv_start, tv_end;
-  static char *alignedbuf = NULL;
-  static unsigned int alignedbufsz = 0;
-  static int warning = 0;
+char *readipv4_pcap(pcap_t *pd, unsigned int *len, long to_usec,
+                    struct timeval *rcvdtime, struct link_header *linknfo,
+                    bool validate) {
+  char *buf;
 
-  if (linknfo) {
-    memset(linknfo, 0, sizeof(*linknfo));
-  }
+  buf = readip_pcap(pd, len, to_usec, rcvdtime, linknfo, validate);
+  if (buf != NULL) {
+    struct ip *ip;
 
-  if (!pd)
-    fatal("NULL packet device passed to %s", __func__);
-
-  if (to_usec < 0) {
-    if (!warning) {
-      warning = 1;
-      error("WARNING: Negative timeout value (%lu) passed to %s() -- using 0", to_usec, __func__);
-    }
-    to_usec = 0;
-  }
-
-/* New packet capture device, need to recompute offset */
-  if ((datalink = pcap_datalink(pd)) < 0)
-    fatal("Cannot obtain datalink information: %s", pcap_geterr(pd));
-
-  /* NOTE: IF A NEW OFFSET EVER EXCEEDS THE CURRENT MAX (24), ADJUST
-     MAX_LINK_HEADERSZ in tcpip.h */
-  switch (datalink) {
-  case DLT_EN10MB:
-    offset = 14;
-    break;
-  case DLT_IEEE802:
-    offset = 22;
-    break;
-#ifdef __amigaos__
-  case DLT_MIAMI:
-    offset = 16;
-    break;
-#endif
-#ifdef DLT_LOOP
-  case DLT_LOOP:
-#endif
-  case DLT_NULL:
-    offset = 4;
-    break;
-  case DLT_SLIP:
-#ifdef DLT_SLIP_BSDOS
-  case DLT_SLIP_BSDOS:
-#endif
-#if (FREEBSD || OPENBSD || NETBSD || BSDI || MACOSX)
-    offset = 16;
-#else
-    offset = 24; /* Anyone use this??? */
-#endif
-    break;
-  case DLT_PPP:
-#ifdef DLT_PPP_BSDOS
-  case DLT_PPP_BSDOS:
-#endif
-#ifdef DLT_PPP_SERIAL
-  case DLT_PPP_SERIAL:
-#endif
-#ifdef DLT_PPP_ETHER
-  case DLT_PPP_ETHER:
-#endif
-#if (FREEBSD || OPENBSD || NETBSD || BSDI || MACOSX)
-    offset = 4;
-#else
-#ifdef SOLARIS
-    offset = 8;
-#else
-    offset = 24; /* Anyone use this? */
-#endif /* ifdef solaris */
-#endif /* if freebsd || openbsd || netbsd || bsdi */
-    break;
-  case DLT_RAW:
-    offset = 0;
-    break;
-  case DLT_FDDI:
-    offset = 21;
-    break;
-#ifdef DLT_ENC
-  case DLT_ENC:
-    offset = 12;
-    break;
-#endif /* DLT_ENC */
-#ifdef DLT_LINUX_SLL
-  case DLT_LINUX_SLL:
-    offset = 16;
-    break;
-#endif
-  default:
-    p = (char *) pcap_next(pd, &head);
-    if (head.caplen == 0) {
-      /* Lets sleep a brief time and try again to increase the chance of seeing
-         a real packet ... */
-      usleep(500000);
-      p = (char *) pcap_next(pd, &head);
-    }
-    if (head.caplen > 100000) {
-      fatal("FATAL: %s: bogus caplen from libpcap (%d) on interface type %d", __func__, head.caplen, datalink);
-    }
-    error("FATAL:  Unknown datalink type (%d). Caplen: %d; Packet:", datalink, head.caplen);
-    nmap_hexdump((unsigned char *) p, head.caplen);
-    exit(1);
-  }
-
-  if (to_usec > 0) {
-    gettimeofday(&tv_start, NULL);
-  }
-
-  do {
-#ifdef WIN32
-    long to_left;
-
-    if (to_usec > 0) {
-      gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL);
-      to_left = MAX(1, (to_usec - TIMEVAL_SUBTRACT(tv_end, tv_start)) / 1000);
-    } else {
-      to_left = 1;
-    }
-    // Set the timeout (BUGBUG: this is cheating)
-    PacketSetReadTimeout(pd->adapter, to_left);
-#endif
-
-    p = NULL;
-
-    if (pcap_select(pd, to_usec) == 0)
-      timedout = 1;
-    else
-      p = (char *) pcap_next(pd, &head);
-
-    if (p) {
-      if (head.caplen <= offset) {
-        *len = 0;
-        return NULL;
-      }
-      if (offset && linknfo) {
-        linknfo->datalinktype = datalink;
-        linknfo->headerlen = offset;
-        assert(offset < MAX_LINK_HEADERSZ);
-        memcpy(linknfo->header, p, MIN(sizeof(linknfo->header), offset));
-      }
-      p += offset;
-    }
-    if (!p) {
-      /* Should we timeout? */
-      if (to_usec == 0) {
-        timedout = 1;
-      } else if (to_usec > 0) {
-        gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL);
-        if (TIMEVAL_SUBTRACT(tv_end, tv_start) >= to_usec) {
-          timedout = 1;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  } while (!timedout && (!p));
-
-  if (timedout) {
-    *len = 0;
-    return NULL;
-  }
-  *len = head.caplen - offset;
-  if (*len > alignedbufsz) {
-    alignedbuf = (char *) safe_realloc(alignedbuf, *len);
-    alignedbufsz = *len;
-  }
-  memcpy(alignedbuf, p, *len);
-
-  if (validate) {
-    const struct ip *ip = (struct ip *) alignedbuf;
-
-    /* Let's see if this packet passes inspection.. */
-    if (!validatepkt((u8 *) alignedbuf, len) || ip->ip_v != 4) {
-      *len = 0;
+    ip = (struct ip *) buf;
+    if (*len < 1 || ip->ip_v != 4)
       return NULL;
-    }
-  }
-  // printf("Just got a packet at %li,%li\n", head.ts.tv_sec, head.ts.tv_usec);
-  if (rcvdtime) {
-    // FIXME: I eventually need to figure out why Windows head.ts time is sometimes BEFORE the time I
-    // sent the packet (which is according to gettimeofday() in nbase).  For now, I will sadly have to
-    // use gettimeofday() for Windows in this case
-    // Actually I now allow .05 discrepancy.   So maybe this isn't needed.  I'll comment out for now.
-    // Nope: it is still needed at least for Windows.  Sometimes the time from he pcap header is a 
-    // COUPLE SECONDS before the gettimeofday() results :(.
-#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__amigaos__)
-    gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL);
-    *rcvdtime = tv_end;
-#else
-    rcvdtime->tv_sec = head.ts.tv_sec;
-    rcvdtime->tv_usec = head.ts.tv_usec;
-    assert(head.ts.tv_sec);
-#endif
   }
 
-  if (rcvdtime)
-    PacketTrace::trace(PacketTrace::RCVD, (u8 *) alignedbuf, *len,
-                       rcvdtime);
-  else
-    PacketTrace::trace(PacketTrace::RCVD, (u8 *) alignedbuf, *len);
-
-  return alignedbuf;
+  return buf;
 }
 
-char *readip46_pcap(pcap_t *pd, unsigned int *len, long to_usec,
-                    struct timeval *rcvdtime, struct link_header *linknfo, bool validate) {
+char *readip_pcap(pcap_t *pd, unsigned int *len, long to_usec,
+                  struct timeval *rcvdtime, struct link_header *linknfo, bool validate) {
   unsigned int offset = 0;
   struct pcap_pkthdr head;
   char *p;
diff --git a/tcpip.h b/tcpip.h
index b9223b434..aed4071fd 100644
--- a/tcpip.h
+++ b/tcpip.h
@@ -632,12 +632,12 @@ int get_link_offset(char *device);
    filled with the time that packet was captured from the wire by
    pcap.  If linknfo is not NULL, lnknfo->headerlen and
    lnkinfo->header will be filled with the appropriate values. */
-char *readip_pcap(pcap_t *pd, unsigned int *len, long to_usec, 
-		  struct timeval *rcvdtime, struct link_header *linknfo, bool validate);
-
-char *readip46_pcap(pcap_t *pd, unsigned int *len, long to_usec,
+char *readipv4_pcap(pcap_t *pd, unsigned int *len, long to_usec, 
                     struct timeval *rcvdtime, struct link_header *linknfo, bool validate);
 
+char *readip_pcap(pcap_t *pd, unsigned int *len, long to_usec,
+                  struct timeval *rcvdtime, struct link_header *linknfo, bool validate);
+
 /* Attempts to read one IPv4/Ethernet ARP reply packet from the pcap
    descriptor pd.  If it receives one, fills in sendermac (must pass
    in 6 bytes), senderIP, and rcvdtime (can be NULL if you don't care)
diff --git a/traceroute.cc b/traceroute.cc
index 6655a3890..4f7b8fa81 100644
--- a/traceroute.cc
+++ b/traceroute.cc
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ static bool read_reply(Reply *reply, pcap_t *pd, long timeout) {
   unsigned int iplen;
   struct link_header linkhdr;
 
-  ip = (struct ip *) readip46_pcap(pd, &iplen, timeout, &reply->rcvdtime, &linkhdr, true);
+  ip = (struct ip *) readip_pcap(pd, &iplen, timeout, &reply->rcvdtime, &linkhdr, true);
   if (ip == NULL)
     return false;
   if (ip->ip_v == 4 || ip->ip_v == 6)