diff --git a/src/libcharon/plugins/socket_default/socket_default_socket.c b/src/libcharon/plugins/socket_default/socket_default_socket.c
index 5f25684950..a34bf81a25 100644
--- a/src/libcharon/plugins/socket_default/socket_default_socket.c
+++ b/src/libcharon/plugins/socket_default/socket_default_socket.c
@@ -900,16 +900,8 @@ socket_default_socket_t *socket_default_socket_create()
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* we allocate IPv6 sockets first as that will reserve randomly allocated
-	 * ports also for IPv4. On OS X, we have to do it the other way round
-	 * for the same effect. */
-#ifdef __APPLE__
 	open_socketpair(this, AF_INET, &this->ipv4, &this->ipv4_natt, "IPv4");
 	open_socketpair(this, AF_INET6, &this->ipv6, &this->ipv6_natt, "IPv6");
-#else /* !__APPLE__ */
-	open_socketpair(this, AF_INET6, &this->ipv6, &this->ipv6_natt, "IPv6");
-	open_socketpair(this, AF_INET, &this->ipv4, &this->ipv4_natt, "IPv4");
-#endif /* __APPLE__ */
 
 	if (this->ipv4 == -1 && this->ipv6 == -1)
 	{