diff --git a/sys/net/netutils/util.c b/sys/net/netutils/util.c
index 34cf1bec56..0e1105ca2b 100644
--- a/sys/net/netutils/util.c
+++ b/sys/net/netutils/util.c
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 #include "net/utils.h"
 #if defined(MODULE_DNS)
 #include "net/af.h"
-#include "net/dns.h"
 #endif
+#include "net/dns.h"
 
 /* get the next netif, returns true if there are more */
 static bool _netif_get(netif_t **current_netif)
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ int netutils_get_ipv4(ipv4_addr_t *addr, const char *hostname)
     for (size_t i = 0; i < strlen(hostname); i++) {
         bool is_not_ipv4 = (hostname[i] < '0' || hostname[i] > '9') && hostname[i] != '.';
 
-#if defined(MODULE_SOCK_DNS) || defined(MODULE_SOCK_DNS_MOCK)
         /* once we see an invalid character for an IPv4 address try to
          * resolve the hostname by DNS */
         if (is_not_ipv4) {
@@ -54,11 +53,6 @@ int netutils_get_ipv4(ipv4_addr_t *addr, const char *hostname)
             }
             return 0;
         }
-#else
-        if (is_not_ipv4) {
-            return -EINVAL;
-        }
-#endif
     }
 
     size_t len = strlen(hostname);
@@ -77,7 +71,6 @@ int netutils_get_ipv6(ipv6_addr_t *addr, netif_t **netif, const char *hostname)
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-#if defined(MODULE_SOCK_DNS) || defined(MODULE_SOCK_DNS_MOCK)
     /* hostname is not an IPv6 address */
     if (strchr(hostname, ':') == NULL) {
         int res = dns_query(hostname, addr, AF_INET6);
@@ -86,7 +79,6 @@ int netutils_get_ipv6(ipv6_addr_t *addr, netif_t **netif, const char *hostname)
         }
         return 0;
     }
-#endif
 
     /* search for interface ID */
     size_t len = strlen(hostname);