diff --git a/report/networks.go b/report/networks.go
index 334a3da9d..c177743bf 100644
--- a/report/networks.go
+++ b/report/networks.go
@@ -8,17 +8,11 @@ import (
 // Networks represent a set of subnets
 type Networks []*net.IPNet
 
-// Interface is exported for testing.
-type Interface interface {
-	Addrs() ([]net.Addr, error)
-}
-
-// Variables exposed for testing.
+// LocalNetworks helps in determining which addresses a probe reports
+// as being host-scoped.
+//
 // TODO this design is broken, make it consistent with probe networks.
-var (
-	LocalNetworks       = Networks{}
-	InterfaceByNameStub = func(name string) (Interface, error) { return net.InterfaceByName(name) }
-)
+var LocalNetworks = Networks{}
 
 // Contains returns true if IP is in Networks.
 func (n Networks) Contains(ip net.IP) bool {
@@ -65,7 +59,7 @@ func LocalAddresses() ([]net.IP, error) {
 // supplied, such that MakeAddressNodeID will scope addresses in this subnet
 // as local.
 func AddLocalBridge(name string) error {
-	inf, err := InterfaceByNameStub(name)
+	inf, err := net.InterfaceByName(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/report/networks_test.go b/report/networks_test.go
index a199fcf82..47ca616ac 100644
--- a/report/networks_test.go
+++ b/report/networks_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/weaveworks/common/test"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/report"
-	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/test/reflect"
 )
 
 func TestContains(t *testing.T) {
@@ -31,42 +29,3 @@ func mustParseCIDR(s string) *net.IPNet {
 	}
 	return ipNet
 }
-
-type mockInterface struct {
-	addrs []net.Addr
-}
-
-type mockAddr string
-
-func (m mockInterface) Addrs() ([]net.Addr, error) {
-	return m.addrs, nil
-}
-
-func (m mockAddr) Network() string {
-	return "ip+net"
-}
-
-func (m mockAddr) String() string {
-	return string(m)
-}
-
-func TestAddLocal(t *testing.T) {
-	oldInterfaceByNameStub := report.InterfaceByNameStub
-	defer func() { report.InterfaceByNameStub = oldInterfaceByNameStub }()
-
-	report.InterfaceByNameStub = func(name string) (report.Interface, error) {
-		return mockInterface{[]net.Addr{mockAddr("52.53.54.55/16")}}, nil
-	}
-
-	err := report.AddLocalBridge("foo")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("%v", err)
-	}
-
-	want := report.Networks([]*net.IPNet{mustParseCIDR("52.53.54.55/16")})
-	have := report.LocalNetworks
-
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(want, have) {
-		t.Errorf("%s", test.Diff(want, have))
-	}
-}