diff --git a/src/hostname/hostnamed.c b/src/hostname/hostnamed.c
index d826a31da..8b6aebf99 100644
--- a/src/hostname/hostnamed.c
+++ b/src/hostname/hostnamed.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 
 #include "util.h"
@@ -125,18 +124,6 @@ static int context_read_data(Context *c) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-static bool check_nss(void) {
-        void *dl;
-
-        dl = dlopen("libnss_myhostname.so.2", RTLD_LAZY);
-        if (dl) {
-                dlclose(dl);
-                return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-}
-
 static bool valid_chassis(const char *chassis) {
         assert(chassis);
 
@@ -708,9 +695,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 goto finish;
         }
 
-        if (!check_nss())
-                log_warning("Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname!");
-
         if (argc != 1) {
                 log_error("This program takes no arguments.");
                 r = -EINVAL;