diff --git a/src/dns/cloudflare.js b/src/dns/cloudflare.js
index 877f8ed83..bfdba65f8 100644
--- a/src/dns/cloudflare.js
+++ b/src/dns/cloudflare.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ function verifyDnsConfig(dnsConfig, fqdn, zoneName, ip, callback) {
 
     if (process.env.BOX_ENV === 'test') return callback(null, credentials); // this shouldn't be here
 
-    dns.resolveNs(zoneName, function (error, nameservers) {
+    dns.resolve(zoneName, 'NS', { timeout: 5000 }, function (error, nameservers) {
         if (error && error.code === 'ENOTFOUND') return callback(new DomainError(DomainError.BAD_FIELD, 'Unable to resolve nameservers for this domain'));
         if (error || !nameservers) return callback(new DomainError(DomainError.BAD_FIELD, error ? error.message : 'Unable to get nameservers'));
 
diff --git a/src/dns/digitalocean.js b/src/dns/digitalocean.js
index 63540487d..02faad88f 100644
--- a/src/dns/digitalocean.js
+++ b/src/dns/digitalocean.js
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function verifyDnsConfig(dnsConfig, fqdn, zoneName, ip, callback) {
 
     if (process.env.BOX_ENV === 'test') return callback(null, credentials); // this shouldn't be here
 
-    dns.resolveNs(zoneName, function (error, nameservers) {
+    dns.resolve(zoneName, 'NS', { timeout: 5000 }, function (error, nameservers) {
         if (error && error.code === 'ENOTFOUND') return callback(new DomainError(DomainError.BAD_FIELD, 'Unable to resolve nameservers for this domain'));
         if (error || !nameservers) return callback(new DomainError(DomainError.BAD_FIELD, error ? error.message : 'Unable to get nameservers'));
 
diff --git a/src/dns/gcdns.js b/src/dns/gcdns.js
index 1fefa2569..f63681558 100644
--- a/src/dns/gcdns.js
+++ b/src/dns/gcdns.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ function verifyDnsConfig(dnsConfig, fqdn, zoneName, ip, callback) {
     var credentials = getDnsCredentials(dnsConfig);
     if (process.env.BOX_ENV === 'test') return callback(null, credentials); // this shouldn't be here
 
-    dns.resolveNs(zoneName, function (error, resolvedNS) {
+    dns.resolve(zoneName, 'NS', { timeout: 5000 }, function (error, nameservers) {
         if (error && error.code === 'ENOTFOUND') return callback(new DomainError(DomainError.BAD_FIELD, 'Unable to resolve nameservers for this domain'));
         if (error || !resolvedNS) return callback(new DomainError(DomainError.BAD_FIELD, error ? error.message : 'Unable to get nameservers'));
 
diff --git a/src/dns/manual.js b/src/dns/manual.js
index 9dfe43ecb..524505ec5 100644
--- a/src/dns/manual.js
+++ b/src/dns/manual.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function verifyDnsConfig(dnsConfig, domain, zoneName, ip, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
     // Very basic check if the nameservers can be fetched
-    dns.resolveNs(zoneName, function (error, nameservers) {
+    dns.resolve(zoneName, 'NS', { timeout: 5000 }, function (error, nameservers) {
         if (error || !nameservers) return callback(new DomainError(DomainError.BAD_FIELD, 'Unable to get nameservers'));
 
         callback(null, { wildcard: !!dnsConfig.wildcard });
diff --git a/src/dns/route53.js b/src/dns/route53.js
index eb999265e..7dfd4e852 100644
--- a/src/dns/route53.js
+++ b/src/dns/route53.js
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function verifyDnsConfig(dnsConfig, fqdn, zoneName, ip, callback) {
 
     if (process.env.BOX_ENV === 'test') return callback(null, credentials); // this shouldn't be here
 
-    dns.resolveNs(zoneName, function (error, nameservers) {
+    dns.resolve(zoneName, 'NS', { timeout: 5000 }, function (error, nameservers) {
         if (error && error.code === 'ENOTFOUND') return callback(new DomainError(DomainError.BAD_FIELD, 'Unable to resolve nameservers for this domain'));
         if (error || !nameservers) return callback(new DomainError(DomainError.BAD_FIELD, error ? error.message : 'Unable to get nameservers'));
 
diff --git a/src/dns/waitfordns.js b/src/dns/waitfordns.js
index bb1a296cb..f9fba81be 100644
--- a/src/dns/waitfordns.js
+++ b/src/dns/waitfordns.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function waitForDns(domain, zoneName, value, options, callback) {
     async.retry(options, function (retryCallback) {
         debug('waitForDNS: %s (zone: %s) attempt %s.', domain, zoneName, attempt++);
 
-        dns.resolveNs(zoneName, function (error, nameservers) {
+        dns.resolve(zoneName, 'NS', { timeout: 5000 }, function (error, nameservers) {
             if (error || !nameservers) return retryCallback(error || new DomainError(DomainError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'Unable to get nameservers'));
 
             async.every(nameservers, isChangeSynced.bind(null, domain, value), function (error, synced) {
diff --git a/src/native-dns.js b/src/native-dns.js
index 7e0b978b7..91a1aea50 100644
--- a/src/native-dns.js
+++ b/src/native-dns.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    resolveNs: resolveNs,
     resolve4: resolve4,
     resolve: resolve
 };
@@ -36,10 +35,6 @@ function resolve(hostname, rrtype, options, callback) {
     });
 }
 
-function resolveNs(hostname, callback) {
-    resolve(hostname, 'NS', { timeout: 5000 }, callback);
-}
-
 function resolve4(hostname, callback) {
     resolve(hostname, 'A', { timeout: 5000 }, callback);
 }