diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0da524f..bd323818 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## untagged
 
+- remove checking of reverse-DNS PTR records.  Chatmail-servers don't
+  depend on it and even in the wider e-mail system it's not common anymore. 
+  If it's an issue, a chatmail operator can still care to properly set reverse DNS. 
+  ([#348](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/348))
+
 - Make DNS-checking faster and more interactive, run it fully during "cmdeploy run",
   also introducing a generic mechanism for rapid remote ssh-based python function execution. 
   ([#346](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/346))
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dns.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dns.py
index fbc213a9..ba6303ad 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dns.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/dns.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ def show_dns(args, out) -> int:
             0, "You should configure the following entries at your DNS provider:\n"
         )
         to_print.append(
-            "\nIf you already configured the DNS entries, wait a bit until the DNS entries propagate to the Internet."
+            "\nIf you already configured the DNS entries, "
+            "wait a bit until the DNS entries propagate to the Internet."
         )
         out.red("\n".join(to_print))
         exit_code = 1
@@ -55,17 +56,4 @@ def show_dns(args, out) -> int:
         out.green("Great! All your DNS entries are verified and correct.")
         exit_code = 0
 
-    to_print = []
-    if not remote_data["reverse_ipv4"]:
-        to_print.append(f"\tIPv4:\t{remote_data['ipv4']}\t{args.config.mail_domain}")
-    if not remote_data["reverse_ipv6"]:
-        to_print.append(f"\tIPv6:\t{remote_data['ipv6']}\t{args.config.mail_domain}")
-    if len(to_print) > 0:
-        out.red("You need to set the following PTR/reverse DNS data:")
-        for entry in to_print:
-            print(entry)
-        out.red(
-            "You can do so at your hosting provider (maybe this isn't your DNS provider)."
-        )
-
     return exit_code, remote_data
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/remote_funcs.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/remote_funcs.py
index 80a88644..1cc5763e 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/remote_funcs.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/remote_funcs.py
@@ -38,11 +38,8 @@ def perform_initial_checks(mail_domain):
     shell(f"unbound-control flush_zone {mail_domain}", fail_ok=True)
 
     res["dkim_entry"] = get_dkim_entry(mail_domain, dkim_selector="opendkim")
-
-    ipv4, reverse_ipv4 = get_ip_address_and_reverse(socket.AF_INET)
-    ipv6, reverse_ipv6 = get_ip_address_and_reverse(socket.AF_INET6)
-    res.update(dict(ipv4=ipv4, reverse_ipv4=reverse_ipv4))
-    res.update(dict(ipv6=ipv6, reverse_ipv6=reverse_ipv6))
+    res["ipv4"] = get_ip_address(socket.AF_INET)
+    res["ipv6"] = get_ip_address(socket.AF_INET6)
     return res
 
 
@@ -56,12 +53,11 @@ def get_dkim_entry(mail_domain, dkim_selector):
     return f'{dkim_selector}._domainkey.{mail_domain}. TXT "{dkim_value}"'
 
 
-def get_ip_address_and_reverse(typ):
+def get_ip_address(typ):
     sock = socket.socket(typ, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
     sock.settimeout(0)
     sock.connect(("notifications.delta.chat", 1))
-    ip = sock.getsockname()[0]
-    return ip, shell(f"dig -r -x {ip} +short").rstrip(".")
+    return sock.getsockname()[0]
 
 
 def query_dns(typ, domain):