diff --git a/Zend/Optimizer/zend_func_infos.h b/Zend/Optimizer/zend_func_infos.h
index 6dc947e3cc839..47bd2a892da55 100644
--- a/Zend/Optimizer/zend_func_infos.h
+++ b/Zend/Optimizer/zend_func_infos.h
@@ -525,9 +525,7 @@ static const func_info_t func_infos[] = {
 	F1("md5_file", MAY_BE_STRING|MAY_BE_FALSE),
 	F1("sha1", MAY_BE_STRING),
 	F1("sha1_file", MAY_BE_STRING|MAY_BE_FALSE),
-#if defined(HAVE_INET_NTOP)
 	F1("inet_ntop", MAY_BE_STRING|MAY_BE_FALSE),
-#endif
 #if defined(HAVE_INET_PTON)
 	F1("inet_pton", MAY_BE_STRING|MAY_BE_FALSE),
 #endif
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c7aeeb3584f39..bde53e10cc82d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -609,7 +609,6 @@ getgrnam_r \
 getpwuid_r \
 getwd \
 glob \
-inet_ntop \
 inet_pton \
 localtime_r \
 lchown \
@@ -646,6 +645,11 @@ memmem \
 memrchr \
 )
 
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(inet_ntop,[],[
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find inet_ntop which is required])
+]
+)
+
 dnl Check for strerror_r, and if its a POSIX-compatible or a GNU specific version.
 AC_FUNC_STRERROR_R
 
diff --git a/ext/ftp/ftp.c b/ext/ftp/ftp.c
index 1ac3cccbacb7f..6409153dd6c33 100644
--- a/ext/ftp/ftp.c
+++ b/ext/ftp/ftp.c
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_INET_NTOP
-#error inet_ntop unsupported on this platform
-#endif
-
 #include "ftp.h"
 #include "ext/standard/fsock.h"
 
@@ -1695,9 +1691,9 @@ ftp_getdata(ftpbuf_t *ftp)
 		char eprtarg[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN + sizeof("|x||xxxxx|")];
 		char out[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
 		int eprtarg_len;
-		if (!inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &((struct sockaddr_in6*) sa)->sin6_addr, out, sizeof(out))) {
-			goto bail;
-		}
+		const char *r;
+		r = inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &((struct sockaddr_in6*) sa)->sin6_addr, out, sizeof(out));
+		ZEND_ASSERT(r != NULL);
 
 		eprtarg_len = snprintf(eprtarg, sizeof(eprtarg), "|2|%s|%hu|", out, ntohs(((struct sockaddr_in6 *) &addr)->sin6_port));
 
diff --git a/ext/snmp/snmp.c b/ext/snmp/snmp.c
index a5968949e9aae..30c629217d940 100644
--- a/ext/snmp/snmp.c
+++ b/ext/snmp/snmp.c
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@
 #endif
 #include <locale.h>
 
-#ifndef HAVE_INET_NTOP
-#error inet_ntop unsupported on this platform
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __P
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define __P(args) args
diff --git a/ext/sockets/sockets.c b/ext/sockets/sockets.c
index e1cd5a6c29ac8..511762d968ce9 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/sockets.c
+++ b/ext/sockets/sockets.c
@@ -218,10 +218,6 @@ zend_module_entry sockets_module_entry = {
 ZEND_GET_MODULE(sockets)
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_INET_NTOP
-#error inet_ntop unsupported on this platform
-#endif
-
 static bool php_open_listen_sock(php_socket *sock, int port, int backlog) /* {{{ */
 {
 	struct sockaddr_in  la;
diff --git a/ext/standard/basic_functions.c b/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
index 8b0068129a679..4c8a032e3f35e 100644
--- a/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
+++ b/ext/standard/basic_functions.c
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ typedef struct yy_buffer_state *YY_BUFFER_STATE;
 # define INADDR_NONE ((zend_ulong) -1)
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_INET_NTOP
-# error inet_ntop unsupported on this platform
-#endif
-
 #include "zend_globals.h"
 #include "php_globals.h"
 #include "SAPI.h"
@@ -636,9 +632,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(long2ip)
 	zend_ulong ip;
 	zend_long sip;
 	struct in_addr myaddr;
-#ifdef HAVE_INET_PTON
 	char str[40];
-#endif
 
 	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_START(1, 1)
 		Z_PARAM_LONG(sip)
diff --git a/ext/standard/basic_functions.stub.php b/ext/standard/basic_functions.stub.php
index 66b458897adb4..2b3088598e975 100755
--- a/ext/standard/basic_functions.stub.php
+++ b/ext/standard/basic_functions.stub.php
@@ -2207,10 +2207,8 @@ function closelog(): true {}
 function syslog(int $priority, string $message): true {} // TODO make return type void
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_INET_NTOP
 /** @refcount 1 */
 function inet_ntop(string $ip): string|false {}
-#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_INET_PTON
 /** @refcount 1 */
diff --git a/ext/standard/basic_functions_arginfo.h b/ext/standard/basic_functions_arginfo.h
index 39500b2b582dc..17ada7a485e37 100644
--- a/ext/standard/basic_functions_arginfo.h
+++ b/ext/standard/basic_functions_arginfo.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* This is a generated file, edit the .stub.php file instead.
- * Stub hash: 487cee0751d47b18bf0a8fbdb050313783f1b369 */
+ * Stub hash: ef14c8ce17c75ee21befd09477934f005eabb1ed */
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_INFO_EX(arginfo_set_time_limit, 0, 1, _IS_BOOL, 0)
 	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO(0, seconds, IS_LONG, 0)
@@ -720,11 +720,7 @@ ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_INFO_EX(arginfo_syslog, 0, 2, IS_TRUE, 0)
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 #endif
 
-#if defined(HAVE_INET_NTOP)
-ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_MASK_EX(arginfo_inet_ntop, 0, 1, MAY_BE_STRING|MAY_BE_FALSE)
-	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO(0, ip, IS_STRING, 0)
-ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
-#endif
+#define arginfo_inet_ntop arginfo_gethostbyaddr
 
 #if defined(HAVE_INET_PTON)
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_MASK_EX(arginfo_inet_pton, 0, 1, MAY_BE_STRING|MAY_BE_FALSE)
@@ -2415,9 +2411,7 @@ ZEND_FUNCTION(closelog);
 #if defined(HAVE_SYSLOG_H)
 ZEND_FUNCTION(syslog);
 #endif
-#if defined(HAVE_INET_NTOP)
 ZEND_FUNCTION(inet_ntop);
-#endif
 #if defined(HAVE_INET_PTON)
 ZEND_FUNCTION(inet_pton);
 #endif
@@ -3050,9 +3044,7 @@ static const zend_function_entry ext_functions[] = {
 #if defined(HAVE_SYSLOG_H)
 	ZEND_FE(syslog, arginfo_syslog)
 #endif
-#if defined(HAVE_INET_NTOP)
 	ZEND_FE(inet_ntop, arginfo_inet_ntop)
-#endif
 #if defined(HAVE_INET_PTON)
 	ZEND_FE(inet_pton, arginfo_inet_pton)
 #endif
diff --git a/ext/standard/dns.c b/ext/standard/dns.c
index 9c62288e95630..4d7826750ed44 100644
--- a/ext/standard/dns.c
+++ b/ext/standard/dns.c
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ extern void __res_ndestroy(res_state statp);
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_INET_NTOP
-#error inet_ntop unsupported on this platform
-#endif
-
 #ifndef MAXHOSTNAMELEN
 #define MAXHOSTNAMELEN 255
 #endif
diff --git a/ext/standard/net.c b/ext/standard/net.c
index beecf6c5ca727..80a6541bf60f9 100644
--- a/ext/standard/net.c
+++ b/ext/standard/net.c
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
 # include <netdb.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_INET_NTOP
-#error inet_ntop unsupported on this platform
-#endif
-
 PHPAPI zend_string* php_inet_ntop(const struct sockaddr *addr) {
 	socklen_t addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
 
diff --git a/main/network.c b/main/network.c
index cb2c098592858..2aca0002887dd 100644
--- a/main/network.c
+++ b/main/network.c
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_INET_NTOP
-#error inet_ntop unsupported on this platform
-#endif
-
 #ifndef HAVE_INET_ATON
 int inet_aton(const char *, struct in_addr *);
 #endif