diff --git a/lib/rex/socket/comm/local.rb b/lib/rex/socket/comm/local.rb
index 35a215e483..8278079bc3 100644
--- a/lib/rex/socket/comm/local.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/socket/comm/local.rb
@@ -39,18 +39,11 @@ class Rex::Socket::Comm::Local
 	# Special-cased because of how different it is from UDP/TCP
 	#
 	def self.create_ip(param)
-		sock = ::Socket.open(::Socket::PF_INET, ::Socket::SOCK_RAW, ::Socket::IPPROTO_RAW)
-		
-		if(::Socket.const_defined?('SOL_IP'))
-			unless sock.getsockopt(::Socket::SOL_IP, ::Socket::IP_HDRINCL)
-				sock.setsockopt(::Socket::SOL_IP, ::Socket::IP_HDRINCL, true)
-			end			
-		else
-			# Support for BSD
-			unless sock.getsockopt(::Socket::IPPROTO_IP, ::Socket::IP_HDRINCL)
-				sock.setsockopt(::Socket::IPPROTO_IP, ::Socket::IP_HDRINCL, true)
-			end	
-		end
+		sock = ::Socket.open(::Socket::AF_INET, ::Socket::SOCK_RAW, ::Socket::IPPROTO_RAW)
+
+		unless sock.getsockopt(::Socket::IPPROTO_IP, ::Socket::IP_HDRINCL)
+			sock.setsockopt(::Socket::IPPROTO_IP, ::Socket::IP_HDRINCL, true)
+		end	
 
 		return sock if (param.bare?)