diff --git a/sanic/ip.py b/sanic/ip.py
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--- a/sanic/ip.py
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-import socket
-
-# CAPS R OK BCUZ WE HAZ CIDict
-HEADER_PRECEDENCE_ORDER = (
-    'X_FORWARDED_FOR',
-    'CLIENT_IP',
-    'X_REAL_IP',
-    'X_FORWARDED',
-    'X_CLUSTER_CLIENT_IP',
-    'FORWARDED_FOR',
-    'FORWARDED',
-    'VIA',
-    'REMOTE_ADDR',
-)
-
-# Private IP addresses
-# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assigned_/8_IPv4_address_blocks
-# http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3330.txt (IPv4)
-# http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5156.txt (IPv6)
-# Regex would be ideal here, but this is keeping it simple
-PRIVATE_IP_PREFIX = (
-    '0.',  # externally non-routable
-    '10.',  # class A private block
-    '169.254.',  # link-local block
-    '172.16.', '172.17.', '172.18.', '172.19.',
-    '172.20.', '172.21.', '172.22.', '172.23.',
-    '172.24.', '172.25.', '172.26.', '172.27.',
-    '172.28.', '172.29.', '172.30.', '172.31.',  # class B private blocks
-    '192.0.2.',  # reserved for documentation and example code
-    '192.168.',  # class C private block
-    '255.255.255.',  # IPv4 broadcast address
-    '2001:db8:',  # reserved for documentation and example code
-    'fc00:',  # IPv6 private block
-    'fe80:',  # link-local unicast
-    'ff00:',  # IPv6 multicast
-)
-
-LOOPBACK_PREFIX = (
-    '127.',  # IPv4 loopback device
-    '::1',  # IPv6 loopback device
-)
-
-NON_PUBLIC_IP_PREFIX = PRIVATE_IP_PREFIX + LOOPBACK_PREFIX
-
-
-def is_valid_ipv4(ip_str):
-    try:
-        socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET, ip_str)
-    except AttributeError:  # pragma: no cover
-        try:  # Fall-back on legacy API or False
-            socket.inet_aton(ip_str)
-        except (AttributeError, socket.error):
-            return False
-        return ip_str.count('.') == 3
-    except socket.error:
-        return False
-    return True
-
-
-def is_valid_ipv6(ip_str):
-    try:
-        socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, ip_str)
-    except socket.error:
-        return False
-    return True
-
-
-def is_valid_ip(ip_str):
-    return is_valid_ipv4(ip_str) or is_valid_ipv6(ip_str)