diff --git a/prog/weaveutil/bridge.go b/prog/weaveutil/bridge.go
index 9c38c815..625e279f 100644
--- a/prog/weaveutil/bridge.go
+++ b/prog/weaveutil/bridge.go
@@ -45,10 +45,3 @@ func createBridge(args []string) error {
 	fmt.Println(bridgeType.String())
 	return err
 }
-
-func enforceAddrAssign(args []string) error {
-	if len(args) != 1 {
-		cmdUsage("enforce-bridge-addr-assign-type", "<bridge-name>")
-	}
-	return weavenet.EnforceAddrAssignType(args[0])
-}
diff --git a/prog/weaveutil/main.go b/prog/weaveutil/main.go
index b0f7a33e..46ffa719 100644
--- a/prog/weaveutil/main.go
+++ b/prog/weaveutil/main.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ func init() {
 		"docker-tls-args":          dockerTLSArgs,
 		"create-bridge":            createBridge,
 		"detect-bridge-type":       detectBridgeType,
-		"enforce-addr-assign":      enforceAddrAssign,
 		"create-datapath":          createDatapath,
 		"delete-datapath":          deleteDatapath,
 		"add-datapath-interface":   addDatapathInterface,
diff --git a/weave b/weave
index 93d018b0..f5e4e6fb 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -388,10 +388,6 @@ EOF
     fi
 }
 
-enforce_docker_bridge_addr_assign_type() {
-    util_op enforce-addr-assign "$DOCKER_BRIDGE" || true
-}
-
 # Detect the current bridge/datapath state. When invoked, the values of
 # $BRIDGE and $DATAPATH are expected to be distinct. $BRIDGE_TYPE and
 # $DATAPATH are set correctly on success; failure indicates that the