Remove CI_Email::_get_ip()
diff --git a/system/libraries/Email.php b/system/libraries/Email.php
index fa1d5e9..08057f2 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Email.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Email.php
@@ -1754,47 +1754,6 @@
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
-	 * Get IP
-	 *
-	 * @return	string
-	 */
-	protected function _get_ip()
-	{
-		if ($this->_IP !== FALSE)
-		{
-			return $this->_IP;
-		}
-
-		$cip = ( ! empty($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'] : FALSE;
-		$rip = ( ! empty($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) ? $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] : FALSE;
-		if ($cip) $this->_IP = $cip;
-		elseif ($rip) $this->_IP = $rip;
-		else
-		{
-			$fip = ( ! empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] : FALSE;
-			if ($fip)
-			{
-				$this->_IP = $fip;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (strpos($this->_IP, ',') !== FALSE)
-		{
-			$x = explode(',', $this->_IP);
-			$this->_IP = end($x);
-		}
-
-		if ( ! preg_match('/^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}$/', $this->_IP))
-		{
-			$this->_IP = '0.0.0.0';
-		}
-
-		return $this->_IP;
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
 	 * Get Debug Message
 	 *
 	 * @return	string
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index cc7cbac..f31781d 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
 	 -  Removed the second parameter (character limit) from internal method ``_prep_quoted_printable()`` as it is never used.
 	 -  Internal method ``_prep_quoted_printable()`` will now utilize the native ``quoted_printable_encode()``, ``imap_8bit()`` functions (if available) when CRLF is set to "\r\n".
 	 -  Default charset now relies on the global ``$config['charset']`` setting.
+	 -  Removed unused protected method ``_get_ip()`` (:doc:`Input Library <libraries/input>`'s ``ip_address()`` should be used anyway).
    -  :doc:`Pagination Library <libraries/pagination>` changes include:
 	 -  Added support for the anchor "rel" attribute.
 	 -  Added support for setting custom attributes.