diff --git a/zeroconf/__init__.py b/zeroconf/__init__.py
index 055d0439e..5c04eb26e 100644
--- a/zeroconf/__init__.py
+++ b/zeroconf/__init__.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 from ._utils.name import service_type_name  # noqa # import needed for backwards compat
 from ._utils.net import (  # noqa # import needed for backwards compat
     add_multicast_member,
-    can_send_to,
     autodetect_ip_version,
     create_sockets,
     get_all_addresses_v6,
diff --git a/zeroconf/_core.py b/zeroconf/_core.py
index 15852ffb2..74b1828f0 100644
--- a/zeroconf/_core.py
+++ b/zeroconf/_core.py
@@ -836,12 +836,13 @@ def _async_send_transport(
         v6_flow_scope: Union[Tuple[()], Tuple[int, int]] = (),
     ) -> None:
         s = transport.get_extra_info('socket')
+        ipv6_socket = s.family == socket.AF_INET6
         if addr is None:
-            real_addr = _MDNS_ADDR6 if s.family == socket.AF_INET6 else _MDNS_ADDR
+            real_addr = _MDNS_ADDR6 if ipv6_socket else _MDNS_ADDR
         else:
             real_addr = addr
-        if not can_send_to(s, real_addr):
-            return
+            if not can_send_to(ipv6_socket, real_addr):
+                return
         log.debug(
             'Sending to (%s, %d) via [socket %s (%s)] (%d bytes #%d) %r as %r...',
             real_addr,
@@ -855,7 +856,7 @@ def _async_send_transport(
         )
         # Get flowinfo and scopeid for the IPV6 socket to create a complete IPv6
         # address tuple: https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/socket.html#socket-families
-        if s.family == socket.AF_INET6 and not v6_flow_scope:
+        if ipv6_socket and not v6_flow_scope:
             _, _, sock_flowinfo, sock_scopeid = s.getsockname()
             v6_flow_scope = (sock_flowinfo, sock_scopeid)
         transport.sendto(packet, (real_addr, port or _MDNS_PORT, *v6_flow_scope))
diff --git a/zeroconf/_utils/net.py b/zeroconf/_utils/net.py
index bfae9db46..c53ec9786 100644
--- a/zeroconf/_utils/net.py
+++ b/zeroconf/_utils/net.py
@@ -379,9 +379,13 @@ def get_errno(e: Exception) -> int:
     return cast(int, e.args[0])
 
 
-def can_send_to(sock: socket.socket, address: str) -> bool:
-    addr = ipaddress.ip_address(address)
-    return cast(bool, addr.version == 6 if sock.family == socket.AF_INET6 else addr.version == 4)
+def can_send_to(ipv6_socket: bool, address: str) -> bool:
+    """Check if the address type matches the socket type.
+
+    This function does not validate if the address is a valid
+    ipv6 or ipv4 address.
+    """
+    return ":" in address if ipv6_socket else ":" not in address
 
 
 def autodetect_ip_version(interfaces: InterfacesType) -> IPVersion: