diff --git a/netstate/.api b/netstate/.api
index 7ea283d..adfcc04 100644
--- a/netstate/.api
+++ b/netstate/.api
@@ -74,4 +74,3 @@
 pkg netstate, var ErrNotAnIPProtocol error
 pkg netstate, var ErrUnspecifiedIPAddr error
 pkg netstate, var ErrUnsupportedProtocol error
-pkg netstate, var LoopbackIPv4AddressChooser AddressChooserFunc
diff --git a/netstate/chooser.go b/netstate/chooser.go
index 391a907..c8f687c 100644
--- a/netstate/chooser.go
+++ b/netstate/chooser.go
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 )
 
 var (
-	LoopbackIPv4AddressChooser = AddressChooserFunc(func(protocol string, candidates []net.Addr) ([]net.Addr, error) {
-		return ConvertToAddresses(candidates).Filter(IsLoopbackIP).Filter(IsUnicastIPv4).AsNetAddrs(), nil
-	})
 	ErrNotAnIPProtocol = errors.New("requested protocol is not from the IP family")
 )
 
@@ -36,12 +33,12 @@
 // unspecified or not. An unspecified host can be used over any network interface
 // on the host. If the supplied address contains a port in then all of the
 // returned addresses will also contain that port.
+//
 // The returned net.Addr's need have the exact same protocol as that passed
 // in as a parameter, rather, the chooser should return net.Addr's that can
 // be used for that protocol. Using tcp as a parameter for example will generally
 // result in net.Addr's whose Network method returns "ip" or "ip6".
-// If a nil chooser is supplied then it is assumed then LoopbackIPv4AddressChooser
-// will be used.
+//
 // If the chooser fails to find any appropriate addresses then the protocol, addr
 // parameters will be returned as net.Addr (and if possible as a netstate.Address).
 //
@@ -78,12 +75,11 @@
 		}
 		return []net.Addr{WithIPHostAndPort(ipaddr, port)}, unspecified, nil
 	}
-	if chooser == nil {
-		chooser = LoopbackIPv4AddressChooser
-	}
-	chosen, err := chooser.ChooseAddresses(protocol, candidates)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, unspecified, err
+	chosen := candidates
+	if chooser != nil {
+		if chosen, err = chooser.ChooseAddresses(protocol, candidates); err != nil {
+			return nil, unspecified, err
+		}
 	}
 	if len(chosen) == 0 {
 		netaddr := NewNetAddr(protocol, addr)
diff --git a/netstate/chooser_test.go b/netstate/chooser_test.go
index 5213aab..ad8f5d2 100644
--- a/netstate/chooser_test.go
+++ b/netstate/chooser_test.go
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if got, want := len(addrs), 1; got != want {
+	if got, want := len(addrs), 7; got != want {
+		// mockInterfacesAndRouteTable sets up with 7 IP addresses.
 		t.Fatalf("got %v, want %v", got, want)
 	}
 	if got, want := unspecified, true; got != want {