diff --git a/src/service/federation/execute.rs b/src/service/federation/execute.rs
index 4ba51c517..9bba340ff 100644
--- a/src/service/federation/execute.rs
+++ b/src/service/federation/execute.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ impl super::Service {
 		if let Some(url_host) = url.host_str() {
 			if let Ok(ip) = IPAddress::parse(url_host) {
 				trace!("Checking request URL IP {ip:?}");
-				self.services.resolver.validate_ip(&ip)?;
+				if !self.services.client.valid_cidr_range(&ip) {
+					return Err!(BadServerResponse("Not allowed to send requests to this IP"));
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/service/resolver/actual.rs b/src/service/resolver/actual.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/src/service/resolver/mod.rs b/src/service/resolver/mod.rs
index c98f3ea75..c647f15dd 100644
--- a/src/service/resolver/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/resolver/mod.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ pub mod fed;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use conduwuit::{Err, Result, implement};
-use ipaddress::IPAddress;
+use conduwuit::Result;
 use resolvematrix::server::{MatrixResolver, MatrixResolverBuilder};
 
 use self::{cache::Cache, dns::Resolver};
@@ -56,12 +55,3 @@ impl crate::Service for Service {
 
 	fn name(&self) -> &str { crate::service::make_name(module_path!()) }
 }
-
-#[implement(Service)]
-pub fn validate_ip(&self, ip: &IPAddress) -> Result<()> {
-	if !self.services.client.valid_cidr_range(ip) {
-		return Err!(BadServerResponse("Not allowed to send requests to this IP"));
-	}
-
-	Ok(())
-}