diff --git a/opts/ip.go b/opts/ip.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cfbff3a9fd..0000000000
--- a/opts/ip.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package opts // import "github.com/docker/docker/opts"
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-)
-
-// IPOpt holds an IP. It is used to store values from CLI flags.
-type IPOpt struct {
-	*net.IP
-}
-
-// NewIPOpt creates a new IPOpt from a reference net.IP and a
-// string representation of an IP. If the string is not a valid
-// IP it will fallback to the specified reference.
-func NewIPOpt(ref *net.IP, defaultVal string) *IPOpt {
-	o := &IPOpt{
-		IP: ref,
-	}
-	o.Set(defaultVal)
-	return o
-}
-
-// Set sets an IPv4 or IPv6 address from a given string. If the given
-// string is not parsable as an IP address it returns an error.
-func (o *IPOpt) Set(val string) error {
-	ip := net.ParseIP(val)
-	if ip == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s is not an ip address", val)
-	}
-	*o.IP = ip
-	return nil
-}
-
-// String returns the IP address stored in the IPOpt. If stored IP is a
-// nil pointer, it returns an empty string.
-func (o *IPOpt) String() string {
-	if *o.IP == nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return o.IP.String()
-}
-
-// Type returns the type of the option
-func (o *IPOpt) Type() string {
-	return "ip"
-}
diff --git a/opts/ip_test.go b/opts/ip_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 966d7f21ec..0000000000
--- a/opts/ip_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package opts // import "github.com/docker/docker/opts"
-
-import (
-	"net"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestIpOptString(t *testing.T) {
-	addresses := []string{"", "0.0.0.0"}
-	var ip net.IP
-
-	for _, address := range addresses {
-		stringAddress := NewIPOpt(&ip, address).String()
-		if stringAddress != address {
-			t.Fatalf("IpOpt string should be `%s`, not `%s`", address, stringAddress)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNewIpOptInvalidDefaultVal(t *testing.T) {
-	ip := net.IPv4(127, 0, 0, 1)
-	defaultVal := "Not an ip"
-
-	ipOpt := NewIPOpt(&ip, defaultVal)
-
-	expected := "127.0.0.1"
-	if ipOpt.String() != expected {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected [%v], got [%v]", expected, ipOpt.String())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNewIpOptValidDefaultVal(t *testing.T) {
-	ip := net.IPv4(127, 0, 0, 1)
-	defaultVal := "192.168.1.1"
-
-	ipOpt := NewIPOpt(&ip, defaultVal)
-
-	expected := "192.168.1.1"
-	if ipOpt.String() != expected {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected [%v], got [%v]", expected, ipOpt.String())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestIpOptSetInvalidVal(t *testing.T) {
-	ip := net.IPv4(127, 0, 0, 1)
-	ipOpt := &IPOpt{IP: &ip}
-
-	invalidIP := "invalid ip"
-	expectedError := "invalid ip is not an ip address"
-	err := ipOpt.Set(invalidIP)
-	if err == nil || err.Error() != expectedError {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected an Error with [%v], got [%v]", expectedError, err.Error())
-	}
-}