diff --git a/mxstartup2mxconfig b/mxstartup2mxconfig
index 021f915..28c1505 100755
--- a/mxstartup2mxconfig
+++ b/mxstartup2mxconfig
@@ -248,28 +248,6 @@ sub print_ips_cfg {
 
 ##############################################################################
 
-sub walknetgroup {
-   my @ng;
-   
-   &y(\@ng,@_);
-   
-   sub y {
-     my ($ary,$m)=@_;
-     $_=`ypmatch $m netgroup 2>/dev/null`;
-     foreach ( split ) {
-        if (/\(/) {
-	  s/[\(\),]//g;
-          push @$ary, $_;
-        } else {
-          foreach ( split ) {
-            &y($ary,$_);
-          }
-        }
-     }
-   }
-   
-   return @ng;
-}
 
 
 sub expand_hosts {
@@ -278,9 +256,7 @@ sub expand_hosts {
   
   
   foreach my $host (@oh) {
-    if($host =~ /^\@(\S+)/) {
-      push @hosts, walknetgroup($1);
-    } elsif($host =~ /^(\/\S+)/) {
+    if ($host =~ /^(\/\S+)/) {
       next unless(-r $1);
       push @hosts, expand_hosts(read_file($1));
     } else {