diff --git a/js/modules/link_previews.js b/js/modules/link_previews.js
index 2eefb9ddf7..a92312a2b3 100644
--- a/js/modules/link_previews.js
+++ b/js/modules/link_previews.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* global URL */
 
 const { isNumber, compact, isEmpty } = require('lodash');
-const { isIP } = require('net');
 const nodeUrl = require('url');
 const LinkifyIt = require('linkify-it');
 
@@ -99,11 +98,6 @@ function isLinkSneaky(link) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  // Domain cannot be an IP address.
-  if (isIP(domain)) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   // There must be at least 2 domain labels, and none of them can be empty.
   const labels = domain.split('.');
   if (labels.length < 2 || labels.some(isEmpty)) {
diff --git a/test/modules/link_previews_test.js b/test/modules/link_previews_test.js
index 2440f3696c..8ee6e72d00 100644
--- a/test/modules/link_previews_test.js
+++ b/test/modules/link_previews_test.js
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ describe('Link previews', () => {
       assert.strictEqual(actual, false);
     });
 
+    it('returns false for IPv4 addresses', () => {
+      assert.isFalse(isLinkSneaky('https://127.0.0.1/path'));
+    });
+
+    // It's possible that this should return `false` but we'd need to add special logic
+    //   for it.
+    it('returns true for IPv6 addresses', () => {
+      assert.isTrue(
+        isLinkSneaky('https://[2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334]/path')
+      );
+      assert.isTrue(isLinkSneaky('https://[::]/path'));
+    });
+
     it('returns true for Latin + Cyrillic domain', () => {
       const link = 'https://www.aмazon.com';
       const actual = isLinkSneaky(link);
@@ -175,21 +188,6 @@ describe('Link previews', () => {
       assert.isTrue(isLinkSneaky('https://localhost:3000'));
     });
 
-    it('returns true if the domain is an IPv4 address', () => {
-      assert.isTrue(isLinkSneaky('https://127.0.0.1/path'));
-      assert.isTrue(isLinkSneaky('https://127.0.0.1:1234/path'));
-      assert.isTrue(isLinkSneaky('https://13.249.138.50/path'));
-      assert.isTrue(isLinkSneaky('https://13.249.138.50:1234/path'));
-    });
-
-    it('returns true if the domain is an IPv6 address', () => {
-      assert.isTrue(
-        isLinkSneaky('https://[2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334]/path')
-      );
-      assert.isTrue(isLinkSneaky('https://[2001::]/path'));
-      assert.isTrue(isLinkSneaky('https://[::]/path'));
-    });
-
     it('returns true if the domain has any empty labels', () => {
       assert.isTrue(isLinkSneaky('https://example.'));
       assert.isTrue(isLinkSneaky('https://example.com.'));