diff --git a/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu.go b/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu.go
index 7de0d66c6..199585323 100644
--- a/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu.go
+++ b/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu.go
@@ -104,15 +104,6 @@ func (c *Conn) UpdatePMTUD() {
 		_ = c.setDontFragment("udp6", false)
 		newStatus = false
 	}
-	err4 = c.setReceiveICMPErrors("udp4", enable)
-	err6 = c.setReceiveICMPErrors("udp6", enable)
-
-	if err4 != nil || err6 != nil {
-		c.logf("[unexpected] magicsock: peermtu: enabling receive ICMP errors to %v failed (v4: %v, v6: %v), disabling", enable, err4, err6)
-		_ = c.setReceiveICMPErrors("udp4", false)
-		_ = c.setReceiveICMPErrors("udp6", false)
-	}
-
 	if debugPMTUD() {
 		c.logf("magicsock: peermtu: peer MTU probes are %v", tstun.WireMTUsToProbe)
 	}
diff --git a/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu_darwin.go b/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu_darwin.go
index 4fdc2c19e..a0a1aacb5 100644
--- a/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu_darwin.go
+++ b/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu_darwin.go
@@ -49,7 +49,3 @@ func (c *Conn) getDontFragment(network string) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	return false, err
 }
-
-func (c *Conn) setReceiveICMPErrors(network string, enable bool) error {
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu_linux.go b/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu_linux.go
index bdbea0696..b76f30f08 100644
--- a/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu_linux.go
+++ b/wgengine/magicsock/peermtu_linux.go
@@ -47,35 +47,3 @@ func (c *Conn) getDontFragment(network string) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	return false, err
 }
-
-func (c *Conn) setReceiveICMPErrors(network string, enable bool) error {
-	optArg := 1
-	if enable == false {
-		optArg = 0
-	}
-	var err error
-	rcErr := c.connControl(network, func(fd uintptr) {
-		err = syscall.SetsockoptInt(int(fd), getIPProto(network), syscall.IP_RECVERR, optArg)
-	})
-
-	if rcErr != nil {
-		return rcErr
-	}
-	return err
-}
-
-func (c *Conn) getReceiveICMPErrors(network string, enable bool) (bool, error) {
-	var v int
-	var err error
-	rcErr := c.connControl(network, func(fd uintptr) {
-		v, err = syscall.GetsockoptInt(int(fd), getIPProto(network), syscall.IP_RECVERR)
-	})
-
-	if rcErr != nil {
-		return false, rcErr
-	}
-	if v == 1 {
-		return true, err
-	}
-	return false, err
-}