diff --git a/lib/dns.js b/lib/dns.js
index 04cf013f004..34545e835a0 100644
--- a/lib/dns.js
+++ b/lib/dns.js
@@ -120,15 +120,6 @@ exports.lookup = function(hostname, family, callback) {
     return {};
   }
 
-  // Hack required for Windows because Win7 removed the
-  // localhost entry from c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
-  // See http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2011/02/21/localhost-hack-on-windows/
-  // TODO Remove this once c-ares handles this problem.
-  if (process.platform == 'win32' && hostname == 'localhost') {
-    callback(null, '127.0.0.1', 4);
-    return {};
-  }
-
   var matchedFamily = net.isIP(hostname);
   if (matchedFamily) {
     callback(null, hostname, matchedFamily);