diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
index 5fc887f19..b4c2af66e 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Compiler.pm
@@ -89,12 +89,7 @@ sub generate_script_1( $ ) {
 
 	    emit "#!$config{SHOREWALL_SHELL}\n#\n# Compiled firewall script generated by Shorewall $globals{VERSION} - $date\n#";
 
-	    if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
-		copy $globals{SHAREDIRPL} . 'prog.header';
-	    } else {
-		copy $globals{SHAREDIRPL} . 'prog.header6';
-	    }
-
+	    copy  $globals{SHAREDIRPL} . 'prog.header';
 	    copy2 $globals{SHAREDIRPL} . '/lib.core', 0;
 	    copy2 $globals{SHAREDIRPL} . '/lib.common', 0;
 	}
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6 b/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dc9a2d32..000000000
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/prog.header6
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#     This program is under GPL [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt]
-#
-#     (c) 1999-2012 - Tom Eastep (teastep@shorewall.net)
-#
-#	Options are:
-#
-#	    -n				  Don't alter Routing
-#	    -v and -q			  Standard Shorewall Verbosity control
-#           -t                            Timestamp progress messages
-#           -p                            Purge conntrack table
-#           -r                            Recover from failed start/restart
-#           -V <verbosity>                Set verbosity level explicitly
-#           -R <restore>                  Overrides RESTOREFILE setting
-#
-#	Commands are:
-#
-#	   start			  Starts the firewall
-#          refresh                        Refresh the firewall
-#	   restart			  Restarts the firewall
-#	   reload			  Reload the firewall
-#	   clear			  Removes all firewall rules
-#	   stop				  Stops the firewall
-#	   status			  Displays firewall status
-#	   version			  Displays the version of Shorewall that
-#	   				  generated this program
-#