diff --git a/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb b/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb
index 7d8e0d377e9a08ec973bd478b3d6ee56dce96d91..a123e7116931b0e8d6b4dfbc5461c681c02a111b 100644
--- a/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb
+++ b/lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb
@@ -634,20 +634,6 @@ module IPAddress;
       [self.class.new("224.0.0.0/4")].any? {|i| i.include? self}
     end
 
-    #
-    # Checks if an IPv4 address objects belongs
-    # to a multicast network RFC3171
-    #
-    # Example:
-    #
-    #   ip = IPAddress "224.0.0.0/4"
-    #   ip.multicast?
-    #     #=> true
-    #    
-    def multicast?
-      [self.class.new("224.0.0.0/4")].any? {|i| i.include? self}
-    end
-
     #
     # Checks if an IPv4 address objects belongs
     # to a loopback network RFC1122