--- a/rpc/get_myaddress.c
+++ b/rpc/get_myaddress.c
@@ -53,38 +53,7 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)get_myaddress.c 1.4 87/08/11 Copyr 1984 Sun Micro";
 get_myaddress(addr)
 	struct sockaddr_in *addr;
 {
-	int s;
-	char buf[BUFSIZ];
-	struct ifconf ifc;
-	struct ifreq ifreq, *ifr;
-	int len;
-
-	if ((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) < 0) {
-	    perror("get_myaddress: socket");
-	    exit(1);
-	}
-	ifc.ifc_len = sizeof (buf);
-	ifc.ifc_buf = buf;
-	if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFCONF, (char *)&ifc) < 0) {
-		perror("get_myaddress: ioctl (get interface configuration)");
-		exit(1);
-	}
-	ifr = ifc.ifc_req;
-	for (len = ifc.ifc_len; len; len -= sizeof ifreq) {
-		ifreq = *ifr;
-		if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFFLAGS, (char *)&ifreq) < 0) {
-			perror("get_myaddress: ioctl");
-			exit(1);
-		}
-		if ((ifreq.ifr_flags & IFF_UP) &&
-		    ifr->ifr_addr.sa_family == AF_INET) {
-			*addr = *((struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr->ifr_addr);
-			addr->sin_port = htons(PMAPPORT);
-			if (0 != addr->sin_addr.s_addr) {
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		ifr++;
-	}
-	(void) close(s);
+	addr->sin_family = AF_INET;
+	addr->sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+	addr->sin_port = htons(PMAPPORT);
 }