diff --git a/apps/emqx_auth_http/src/emqx_auth_http_app.erl b/apps/emqx_auth_http/src/emqx_auth_http_app.erl
index 9c8cfd7b2..f27b6caf2 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_auth_http/src/emqx_auth_http_app.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_auth_http/src/emqx_auth_http_app.erl
@@ -53,15 +53,14 @@ translate_env(EnvName) ->
             {ok, PoolSize} = application:get_env(?APP, pool_size),
             {ok, ConnectTimeout} = application:get_env(?APP, connect_timeout),
             URL = proplists:get_value(url, Req),
-            {ok, #{host := Host0,
+            {ok, #{host := Host,
                    path := Path0,
                    port := Port,
                    scheme := Scheme}} = emqx_http_lib:uri_parse(URL),
             Path = path(Path0),
-            {Inet, Host} = parse_host(Host0),
             MoreOpts = case Scheme of
                         http ->
-                            [{transport_opts, [Inet]}];
+                            [{transport_opts, [ipv6_probe]}];
                         https ->
                             CACertFile = application:get_env(?APP, cacertfile, undefined),
                             CertFile = application:get_env(?APP, certfile, undefined),
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ translate_env(EnvName) ->
                                        , {ciphers, emqx_tls_lib:default_ciphers()}
                                        | TLSOpts
                                        ],
-                            [{transport, ssl}, {transport_opts, [Inet | NTLSOpts]}]
+                            [{transport, ssl}, {transport_opts, [ipv6_probe | NTLSOpts]}]
                         end,
             PoolOpts = [{host, Host},
                         {port, Port},
@@ -146,17 +145,6 @@ unload_hooks() ->
     _ = ehttpc_sup:stop_pool('emqx_auth_http/acl_req'),
     ok.
 
-parse_host(Host) ->
-    case inet:parse_address(Host) of
-        {ok, Addr} when size(Addr) =:= 4 -> {inet, Addr};
-        {ok, Addr} when size(Addr) =:= 8 -> {inet6, Addr};
-        {error, einval} ->
-            case inet:getaddr(Host, inet6) of
-                {ok, _} -> {inet6, Host};
-                {error, _} -> {inet, Host}
-            end
-    end.
-
 to_lower(Headers) ->
     [{string:to_lower(K), V} || {K, V} <- Headers].
 
diff --git a/apps/emqx_web_hook/src/emqx_web_hook_actions.erl b/apps/emqx_web_hook/src/emqx_web_hook_actions.erl
index bdefaa661..7b04f6004 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_web_hook/src/emqx_web_hook_actions.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_web_hook/src/emqx_web_hook_actions.erl
@@ -325,16 +325,15 @@ str(Atom) when is_atom(Atom) -> atom_to_list(Atom);
 str(Bin) when is_binary(Bin) -> binary_to_list(Bin).
 
 pool_opts(Params = #{<<"url">> := URL}, ResId) ->
-    {ok, #{host := Host0,
+    {ok, #{host := Host,
            port := Port,
            scheme := Scheme}} = emqx_http_lib:uri_parse(URL),
     PoolSize = maps:get(<<"pool_size">>, Params, 32),
     ConnectTimeout =
         cuttlefish_duration:parse(str(maps:get(<<"connect_timeout">>, Params, <<"5s">>))),
-    {Inet, Host} = parse_host(Host0),
     TransportOpts = case Scheme =:= https of
-                        true  -> [Inet | get_ssl_opts(Params, ResId)];
-                        false -> [Inet]
+                        true  -> [ipv6_probe | get_ssl_opts(Params, ResId)];
+                        false -> [ipv6_probe]
                     end,
     Opts = case Scheme =:= https  of
                true  -> [{transport_opts, TransportOpts}, {transport, ssl}];
@@ -354,17 +353,6 @@ pool_name(ResId) ->
 get_ssl_opts(Opts, ResId) ->
     [{ssl, true}, {ssl_opts, emqx_plugin_libs_ssl:save_files_return_opts(Opts, "rules", ResId)}].
 
-parse_host(Host) ->
-    case inet:parse_address(Host) of
-        {ok, Addr} when size(Addr) =:= 4 -> {inet, Addr};
-        {ok, Addr} when size(Addr) =:= 8 -> {inet6, Addr};
-        {error, einval} ->
-            case inet:getaddr(Host, inet6) of
-                {ok, _} -> {inet6, Host};
-                {error, _} -> {inet, Host}
-            end
-    end.
-
 test_http_connect(Conf) ->
     Url = fun() -> maps:get(<<"url">>, Conf) end,
     try
diff --git a/apps/emqx_web_hook/src/emqx_web_hook_app.erl b/apps/emqx_web_hook/src/emqx_web_hook_app.erl
index 660612029..b5c001b98 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_web_hook/src/emqx_web_hook_app.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_web_hook/src/emqx_web_hook_app.erl
@@ -41,16 +41,15 @@ stop(_State) ->
 
 translate_env() ->
     {ok, URL} = application:get_env(?APP, url),
-    {ok, #{host := Host0,
+    {ok, #{host := Host,
            path := Path0,
            port := Port,
            scheme := Scheme}} = emqx_http_lib:uri_parse(URL),
     Path = path(Path0),
-    {Inet, Host} = parse_host(Host0),
     PoolSize = application:get_env(?APP, pool_size, 32),
     MoreOpts = case Scheme of
                    http ->
-                       [{transport_opts, [Inet]}];
+                       [{transport_opts, [ipv6_probe]}];
                    https ->
                        CACertFile = application:get_env(?APP, cacertfile, undefined),
                        CertFile = application:get_env(?APP, certfile, undefined),
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ translate_env() ->
                                   , {ciphers, emqx_tls_lib:default_ciphers()}
                                   | TLSOpts
                                   ],
-                       [{transport, ssl}, {transport_opts, [Inet | NTLSOpts]}]
+                       [{transport, ssl}, {transport_opts, [ipv6_probe | NTLSOpts]}]
                 end,
     PoolOpts = [{host, Host},
                 {port, Port},
@@ -98,14 +97,3 @@ path(Path) ->
 set_content_type(Headers) ->
     NHeaders = proplists:delete(<<"Content-Type">>, proplists:delete(<<"content-type">>, Headers)),
     [{<<"content-type">>, <<"application/json">>} | NHeaders].
-
-parse_host(Host) ->
-    case inet:parse_address(Host) of
-        {ok, Addr} when size(Addr) =:= 4 -> {inet, Addr};
-        {ok, Addr} when size(Addr) =:= 8 -> {inet6, Addr};
-        {error, einval} ->
-            case inet:getaddr(Host, inet6) of
-                {ok, _} -> {inet6, Host};
-                {error, _} -> {inet, Host}
-            end
-    end.