diff --git a/lib/tether/ops_linux.go b/lib/tether/ops_linux.go
index bb8a0a439f..7d48f49f7a 100644
--- a/lib/tether/ops_linux.go
+++ b/lib/tether/ops_linux.go
@@ -960,15 +960,6 @@ func (t *BaseOperations) MountTarget(ctx context.Context, source url.URL, target
 	}
 	rawSource.WriteString(source.Path)
 
-	if ip := net.ParseIP(source.Hostname()); ip != nil {
-		if err := syscallMount(rawSource.String(), target, nfsFileSystemType, mountOptions); err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("mounting %s on %s failed: %s", source.String(), target, err)
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("Looking up host %s", source.Hostname())
 	ips, err := net.LookupIP(source.Hostname())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("failing to resolve %s. mounting %s on %s failed: %s", source.Hostname(), source.String(), target, err)