diff --git a/dns/dnsmessage/message.go b/dns/dnsmessage/message.go
index 42987ab7c5..a656efc128 100644
--- a/dns/dnsmessage/message.go
+++ b/dns/dnsmessage/message.go
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ var (
 	errTooManyAdditionals = errors.New("too many Additionals to pack (>65535)")
 	errNonCanonicalName   = errors.New("name is not in canonical format (it must end with a .)")
 	errStringTooLong      = errors.New("character string exceeds maximum length (255)")
-	errCompressedSRV      = errors.New("compressed name in SRV resource data")
 )
 
 // Internal constants.
@@ -2028,10 +2027,6 @@ func (n *Name) pack(msg []byte, compression map[string]uint16, compressionOff in
 
 // unpack unpacks a domain name.
 func (n *Name) unpack(msg []byte, off int) (int, error) {
-	return n.unpackCompressed(msg, off, true /* allowCompression */)
-}
-
-func (n *Name) unpackCompressed(msg []byte, off int, allowCompression bool) (int, error) {
 	// currOff is the current working offset.
 	currOff := off
 
@@ -2076,9 +2071,6 @@ Loop:
 			name = append(name, '.')
 			currOff = endOff
 		case 0xC0: // Pointer
-			if !allowCompression {
-				return off, errCompressedSRV
-			}
 			if currOff >= len(msg) {
 				return off, errInvalidPtr
 			}
@@ -2549,7 +2541,7 @@ func unpackSRVResource(msg []byte, off int) (SRVResource, error) {
 		return SRVResource{}, &nestedError{"Port", err}
 	}
 	var target Name
-	if _, err := target.unpackCompressed(msg, off, false /* allowCompression */); err != nil {
+	if _, err := target.unpack(msg, off); err != nil {
 		return SRVResource{}, &nestedError{"Target", err}
 	}
 	return SRVResource{priority, weight, port, target}, nil
diff --git a/dns/dnsmessage/message_test.go b/dns/dnsmessage/message_test.go
index c84d5a3aae..e60ec42d90 100644
--- a/dns/dnsmessage/message_test.go
+++ b/dns/dnsmessage/message_test.go
@@ -303,28 +303,6 @@ func TestNameUnpackTooLongName(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestIncompressibleName(t *testing.T) {
-	name := MustNewName("example.com.")
-	compression := map[string]uint16{}
-	buf, err := name.pack(make([]byte, 0, 100), compression, 0)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("first Name.pack() =", err)
-	}
-	buf, err = name.pack(buf, compression, 0)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("second Name.pack() =", err)
-	}
-	var n1 Name
-	off, err := n1.unpackCompressed(buf, 0, false /* allowCompression */)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("unpacking incompressible name without pointers failed:", err)
-	}
-	var n2 Name
-	if _, err := n2.unpackCompressed(buf, off, false /* allowCompression */); err != errCompressedSRV {
-		t.Errorf("unpacking compressed incompressible name with pointers: got %v, want = %v", err, errCompressedSRV)
-	}
-}
-
 func checkErrorPrefix(err error, prefix string) bool {
 	e, ok := err.(*nestedError)
 	return ok && e.s == prefix