diff --git a/oml/tor_request.py b/oml/tor_request.py
index 3a7cf3d..a9ae455 100644
--- a/oml/tor_request.py
+++ b/oml/tor_request.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import socket
 
 import settings
 import state
-from utils import get_service_id, get_local_ipv4
+from utils import get_service_id
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ class InvalidCertificateException(http.client.HTTPException, urllib.error.URLErr
                 (self._service_id, self._cert_service_id, self.reason))
 
 def is_local(host):
-    local_net = get_local_ipv4()
-    if not local_net:
-        return False
-    local_net = '.'.join(local_net.split('.')[:-1]) + '.'
-    return host.startswith('127.0.0.1') or host.startswith(local_net)
+    return len([p for p in host.split(':')[0].split('.') if p.isdigit()]) == 4
 
 def getaddrinfo(*args):
     return [(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 6, '', (args[0], args[1]))]