diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d941d95027..cbd8c5aa52 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1513,7 +1513,6 @@ SYSTEM_FUNCS="
     GetProcessMemoryInfo
     GetProcessTimes
     getrusage
-    getservbyport
     GetSystemTimeAsFileTime
     gettimeofday
     gmtime_r
@@ -4240,7 +4239,6 @@ fi
 
 if ! disabled network; then
     check_func getaddrinfo $network_extralibs
-    check_func getservbyport $network_extralibs
     check_func inet_aton $network_extralibs
 
     check_type netdb.h "struct addrinfo"
diff --git a/libavformat/os_support.c b/libavformat/os_support.c
index 650baea0d0..e9b1f88fb8 100644
--- a/libavformat/os_support.c
+++ b/libavformat/os_support.c
@@ -204,16 +204,9 @@ int ff_getnameinfo(const struct sockaddr *sa, int salen,
     }
 
     if (serv && servlen > 0) {
-        struct servent *ent = NULL;
-#if HAVE_GETSERVBYPORT
         if (!(flags & NI_NUMERICSERV))
-            ent = getservbyport(sin->sin_port, flags & NI_DGRAM ? "udp" : "tcp");
-#endif /* HAVE_GETSERVBYPORT */
-
-        if (ent)
-            snprintf(serv, servlen, "%s", ent->s_name);
-        else
-            snprintf(serv, servlen, "%d", ntohs(sin->sin_port));
+            return EAI_FAIL;
+        snprintf(serv, servlen, "%d", ntohs(sin->sin_port));
     }
 
     return 0;