diff --git a/daemon/container_operations.go b/daemon/container_operations.go
index 909c7ccb275c6564456b8d9c87a4e7f62daa7d68..dcf83a34a5cf19d79bdebae22a45a0aeff89d210 100644
--- a/daemon/container_operations.go
+++ b/daemon/container_operations.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -1040,8 +1039,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ConnectToNetwork(container *container.Container, idOrName
 				EndpointSettings: endpointConfig,
 			}
 		}
-	} else if !daemon.isNetworkHotPluggable() {
-		return fmt.Errorf(runtime.GOOS + " does not support connecting a running container to a network")
 	} else {
 		if err := daemon.connectToNetwork(container, idOrName, endpointConfig, true); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -1070,8 +1067,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) DisconnectFromNetwork(container *container.Container, netw
 			return fmt.Errorf("container %s is not connected to the network %s", container.ID, networkName)
 		}
 		delete(container.NetworkSettings.Networks, networkName)
-	} else if err == nil && !daemon.isNetworkHotPluggable() {
-		return fmt.Errorf(runtime.GOOS + " does not support connecting a running container to a network")
 	} else if err == nil {
 		if container.HostConfig.NetworkMode.IsHost() && containertypes.NetworkMode(n.Type()).IsHost() {
 			return runconfig.ErrConflictHostNetwork
diff --git a/daemon/container_operations_unix.go b/daemon/container_operations_unix.go
index 0d74158bb2d03cd751b1e6023a55d15da477f1fa..2a5da473b7f0655ec846c35b89523bd35fd13721 100644
--- a/daemon/container_operations_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/container_operations_unix.go
@@ -368,10 +368,6 @@ func enableIPOnPredefinedNetwork() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (daemon *Daemon) isNetworkHotPluggable() bool {
-	return true
-}
-
 func (daemon *Daemon) setupPathsAndSandboxOptions(container *container.Container, sboxOptions *[]libnetwork.SandboxOption) error {
 	var err error
 
diff --git a/daemon/container_operations_windows.go b/daemon/container_operations_windows.go
index c2381e643110421fd305368e7e0f600c13fadfdd..3dbf53ef5be7aa36128c6dbed2f7f721e671b4e5 100644
--- a/daemon/container_operations_windows.go
+++ b/daemon/container_operations_windows.go
@@ -154,10 +154,6 @@ func enableIPOnPredefinedNetwork() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (daemon *Daemon) isNetworkHotPluggable() bool {
-	return true
-}
-
 func (daemon *Daemon) setupPathsAndSandboxOptions(container *container.Container, sboxOptions *[]libnetwork.SandboxOption) error {
 	return nil
 }