diff --git a/src/common/dns_utils.cpp b/src/common/dns_utils.cpp
index 823e74c62..90e3d38e0 100644
--- a/src/common/dns_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dns_utils.cpp
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ using namespace epee;
 
 static const char *DEFAULT_DNS_PUBLIC_ADDR[] =
 {
-  "194.150.168.168",    // CCC (Germany)
-  "80.67.169.40",       // FDN (France)
-  "89.233.43.71",       // http://censurfridns.dk (Denmark)
-  "109.69.8.51",        // punCAT (Spain)
-  "193.58.251.251",     // SkyDNS (Russia)
 };
 
 static boost::mutex instance_lock;
@@ -104,8 +99,6 @@ get_builtin_ds(void)
 {
   static const char * const ds[] =
   {
-    ". IN DS 19036 8 2 49AAC11D7B6F6446702E54A1607371607A1A41855200FD2CE1CDDE32F24E8FB5\n",
-    ". IN DS 20326 8 2 E06D44B80B8F1D39A95C0B0D7C65D08458E880409BBC683457104237C7F8EC8D\n",
     NULL
   };
   return ds;