diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index d1664394..6a8918db 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -308,18 +308,6 @@ gravity_CheckDNSResolutionAvailable() {
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  # If the /etc/resolv.conf contains resolvers other than 127.0.0.1 then the local dnsmasq will not be queried and pi.hole is NXDOMAIN.
-  # This means that even though name resolution is working, the getent hosts check fails and the holddown timer keeps ticking and eventually fails
-  # So we check the output of the last command and if it failed, attempt to use dig +short as a fallback
-  if timeout 4 dig +short "${lookupDomain}" &>/dev/null; then
-    if [[ -n "${secs:-}" ]]; then
-      echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} DNS resolution is now available\\n"
-    fi
-    return 0
-  elif [[ -n "${secs:-}" ]]; then
-    echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} DNS resolution is not available"
-    exit 1
-  fi
 
   # Determine error output message
   if pgrep pihole-FTL &>/dev/null; then