diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7d9d03b8be..39a570bd22 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ HAVE_LIST="
     altivec_h
     armv5te
     armv6
+    arpa_inet_h
     byteswap_h
     cmov
     dcbzl
@@ -1509,6 +1510,8 @@ fi
 
 check_header byteswap.h
 
+check_header arpa/inet.h
+
 check_func inet_aton
 check_func localtime_r
 enabled zlib && check_lib zlib.h zlibVersion -lz || zlib="no"
diff --git a/libavformat/barpainet.h b/libavformat/barpainet.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c79855c2f7..0000000000
--- a/libavformat/barpainet.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * copyright (c) 2002 Francois Revol
- *
- * This file is part of FFmpeg.
- *
- * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
- */
-
-#ifndef BARPA_INET_H
-#define BARPA_INET_H
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_BEOS_NETSERVER
-
-# include <socket.h>
-int inet_aton (const char * str, struct in_addr * add);
-# define SO_SNDBUF 0x40000001
-
-/* fake */
-struct ip_mreq {
-    struct in_addr imr_multiaddr;  /* IP multicast address of group */
-    struct in_addr imr_interface;  /* local IP address of interface */
-};
-
-#include <netdb.h>
-
-#else
-# include <arpa/inet.h>
-#endif
-
-#endif /* BARPA_INET_H */
diff --git a/libavformat/network.h b/libavformat/network.h
index b67b9b1364..3aa8ba8367 100644
--- a/libavformat/network.h
+++ b/libavformat/network.h
@@ -24,7 +24,14 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
+#endif
 #include <netdb.h>
 
+#if !defined(HAVE_INET_ATON)
+/* in os_support.c */
+int inet_aton (const char * str, struct in_addr * add);
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/libavformat/os_support.c b/libavformat/os_support.c
index 795fab884b..7a4be8fa75 100644
--- a/libavformat/os_support.c
+++ b/libavformat/os_support.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *t, struct tm *tp)
 #if !defined(HAVE_INET_ATON) && defined(CONFIG_NETWORK)
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <strings.h>
-#include "barpainet.h"
+#include "network.h"
 
 int inet_aton (const char * str, struct in_addr * add)
 {