diff --git a/src/bro.bif b/src/bro.bif
index e1521adee8..6a79a1ac9d 100644
--- a/src/bro.bif
+++ b/src/bro.bif
@@ -2670,7 +2670,7 @@ function to_port%(s: string%): port
 ##
 ## Returns: The IP address corresponding to *s*.
 ##
-## .. bro:see:: addr_to_ptr_name parse_dotted_addr
+## .. bro:see:: addr_to_ptr_name to_addr
 function ptr_name_to_addr%(s: string%): addr
 	%{
 	if ( s->Len() != 72 )
@@ -2734,27 +2734,12 @@ function ptr_name_to_addr%(s: string%): addr
 ##
 ## Returns: The reverse pointer representation of *a*.
 ##
-## .. bro:see:: ptr_name_to_addr parse_dotted_addr
+## .. bro:see:: ptr_name_to_addr to_addr
 function addr_to_ptr_name%(a: addr%): string
 	%{
 	return new StringVal(a->AsAddr().PtrName().c_str());
 	%}
 
-# Transforms n0.n1.n2.n3 -> addr.
-
-## Converts a decimal dotted IP address in a :bro:type:`string` to an
-## :bro:type:`addr` type.
-##
-## s: The IP address in the form ``n0.n1.n2.n3``.
-##
-## Returns: The IP address as type :bro:type:`addr`.
-##
-## .. bro:see:: addr_to_ptr_name parse_dotted_addr
-function parse_dotted_addr%(s: string%): addr
-	%{
-	IPAddr a(s->CheckString());
-	return new AddrVal(a);
-	%}
 
 %%{
 static Val* parse_port(const char* line)
@@ -5659,6 +5644,14 @@ function match_signatures%(c: connection, pattern_type: int, s: string,
 #
 # ===========================================================================
 
+## Deprecated. Will be removed.
+function parse_dotted_addr%(s: string%): addr
+	%{
+	IPAddr a(s->CheckString());
+	return new AddrVal(a);
+	%}
+
+
 %%{
 #include "Anon.h"
 %%}
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/bifs.parse_dotted_addr/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/bifs.parse_dotted_addr/out
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a09fd45a5..0000000000
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/bifs.parse_dotted_addr/out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-192.168.0.2
-1234::1
diff --git a/testing/btest/bifs/parse_dotted_addr.bro b/testing/btest/bifs/parse_dotted_addr.bro
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fdba26452..0000000000
--- a/testing/btest/bifs/parse_dotted_addr.bro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#
-# @TEST-EXEC: bro %INPUT >out
-# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff out
-
-event bro_init()
-	{
-	print parse_dotted_addr("192.168.0.2");
-	print parse_dotted_addr("1234::1");
-	}