diff --git a/tcpip.cc b/tcpip.cc
index 4dd003fda..8f33edaee 100644
--- a/tcpip.cc
+++ b/tcpip.cc
@@ -163,11 +163,15 @@ static PacketCounter PktCt;
    AF_INET6, depending on the operating system. */
 int nmap_raw_socket() {
   int rawsd;
+  int one = 1;
 
   rawsd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW);
   if (rawsd < 0)
     return rawsd;
-  broadcast_socket(rawsd);
+  if (setsockopt (rawsd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, (const char *) &one, sizeof(int)) != 0) {
+    error("Failed to secure socket broadcasting permission");
+    perror("setsockopt");
+  }
 #ifndef WIN32
   sethdrinclude(rawsd);
 #endif
@@ -1804,19 +1808,6 @@ void max_rcvbuf(int sd) {
 }
 
 
-/* Give broadcast permission to a socket */
-void broadcast_socket(int sd) {
-  int one = 1;
-#ifdef WIN32
-  if (sd == 501)
-    return;
-#endif
-  if (setsockopt (sd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BROADCAST, (const char *) &one, sizeof(int)) != 0) {
-    error("Failed to secure socket broadcasting permission");
-    perror("setsockopt");
-  }
-}
-
 /* Do a receive (recv()) on a socket and stick the results (up to
    len) into buf .  Give up after 'seconds'.  Returns the number of
    bytes read (or -1 in the case of an error.  It only does one recv
diff --git a/tcpip.h b/tcpip.h
index 538622aa2..b94c47d9d 100644
--- a/tcpip.h
+++ b/tcpip.h
@@ -453,9 +453,6 @@ int gettcpopt_ts(struct tcp_hdr *tcp, u32 *timestamp, u32 *echots);
 /* Maximize the receive buffer of a socket descriptor (up to 500K) */
 void max_rcvbuf(int sd);
 
-/* Give broadcast permission to a socket */
-void broadcast_socket(int sd);
-
 /* Do a receive (recv()) on a socket and stick the results (upt to
    len) into buf .  Give up after 'seconds'.  Returns the number of
    bytes read (or -1 in the case of an error.  It only does one recv