diff --git a/src/pkg/net/interface.go b/src/pkg/net/interface.go
index c69e6251b40..2696b7f4c58 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/interface.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/interface.go
@@ -83,18 +83,6 @@ error:
 	return nil, os.NewError("invalid MAC address: " + s)
 }
 
-// xtoi2 converts the next two hex digits of s into a byte.
-// If s is longer than 2 bytes then the third byte must be e.
-// If the first two bytes of s are not hex digits or the third byte
-// does not match e, false is returned.
-func xtoi2(s string, e byte) (byte, bool) {
-	if len(s) > 2 && s[2] != e {
-		return 0, false
-	}
-	n, ei, ok := xtoi(s[:2], 0)
-	return byte(n), ok && ei == 2
-}
-
 // Interface represents a mapping between network interface name
 // and index.  It also represents network interface facility
 // information.
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/ip.go b/src/pkg/net/ip.go
index 037ea083f37..474cec95a55 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/ip.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/ip.go
@@ -230,40 +230,6 @@ func (ip IP) Mask(mask IPMask) IP {
 	return out
 }
 
-// Convert i to decimal string.
-func itod(i uint) string {
-	if i == 0 {
-		return "0"
-	}
-
-	// Assemble decimal in reverse order.
-	var b [32]byte
-	bp := len(b)
-	for ; i > 0; i /= 10 {
-		bp--
-		b[bp] = byte(i%10) + '0'
-	}
-
-	return string(b[bp:])
-}
-
-// Convert i to hexadecimal string.
-func itox(i uint) string {
-	if i == 0 {
-		return "0"
-	}
-
-	// Assemble hexadecimal in reverse order.
-	var b [32]byte
-	bp := len(b)
-	for ; i > 0; i /= 16 {
-		bp--
-		b[bp] = "0123456789abcdef"[byte(i%16)]
-	}
-
-	return string(b[bp:])
-}
-
 // String returns the string form of the IP address ip.
 // If the address is an IPv4 address, the string representation
 // is dotted decimal ("74.125.19.99").  Otherwise the representation
@@ -317,7 +283,7 @@ func (ip IP) String() string {
 		} else if i > 0 {
 			s += ":"
 		}
-		s += itox((uint(p[i]) << 8) | uint(p[i+1]))
+		s += itox((uint(p[i])<<8)|uint(p[i+1]), 1)
 	}
 	return s
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/parse.go b/src/pkg/net/parse.go
index de46830d292..0d30a7ac609 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/parse.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/parse.go
@@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ func xtoi(s string, i0 int) (n int, i int, ok bool) {
 	return n, i, true
 }
 
+// xtoi2 converts the next two hex digits of s into a byte.
+// If s is longer than 2 bytes then the third byte must be e.
+// If the first two bytes of s are not hex digits or the third byte
+// does not match e, false is returned.
+func xtoi2(s string, e byte) (byte, bool) {
+	if len(s) > 2 && s[2] != e {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+	n, ei, ok := xtoi(s[:2], 0)
+	return byte(n), ok && ei == 2
+}
+
 // Integer to decimal.
 func itoa(i int) string {
 	var buf [30]byte
@@ -181,6 +193,37 @@ func itoa(i int) string {
 	return string(buf[n:])
 }
 
+// Convert i to decimal string.
+func itod(i uint) string {
+	if i == 0 {
+		return "0"
+	}
+
+	// Assemble decimal in reverse order.
+	var b [32]byte
+	bp := len(b)
+	for ; i > 0; i /= 10 {
+		bp--
+		b[bp] = byte(i%10) + '0'
+	}
+
+	return string(b[bp:])
+}
+
+// Convert i to hexadecimal string.
+func itox(i uint, min int) string {
+	// Assemble hexadecimal in reverse order.
+	var b [32]byte
+	bp := len(b)
+	for ; i > 0 || min > 0; i /= 16 {
+		bp--
+		b[bp] = "0123456789abcdef"[byte(i%16)]
+		min--
+	}
+
+	return string(b[bp:])
+}
+
 // Number of occurrences of b in s.
 func count(s string, b byte) int {
 	n := 0