diff --git a/src/utils/Socket.cpp b/src/utils/Socket.cpp
index 3582e359be22a257b2b52109f7a3ed57b2944a1b..617f6e167892c14bc0f5484d3740e0cd07f9f28c 100644
--- a/src/utils/Socket.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/Socket.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Socket::Internals
   int
   portNumber() const
   {
-    return ::ntohs(m_address.sin_port);
+    return ntohs(m_address.sin_port);
   }
 
   int
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ connectServerSocket(const std::string& server_name, int port_number)
   ::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr), reinterpret_cast<char*>(server->h_addr),
            server->h_length);
 
-  serv_addr.sin_port = ::htons(port_number);
+  serv_addr.sin_port = htons(port_number);
 
   if (::connect(socket_internals.m_socket_fd, reinterpret_cast<sockaddr*>(&serv_addr), sizeof(serv_addr))) {
     throw NormalError(strerror(errno));