diff --git a/src/validators/ipv4-range b/src/validators/ipv4-range
index 6492bfc522..7bf271bbb3 100755
--- a/src/validators/ipv4-range
+++ b/src/validators/ipv4-range
@@ -1,40 +1,10 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
-# snippet from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10768160/ip-address-converter
-ip2dec () {
-    local a b c d ip=$@
-    IFS=. read -r a b c d <<< "$ip"
-    printf '%d\n' "$((a * 256 ** 3 + b * 256 ** 2 + c * 256 + d))"
-}
+ipaddrcheck --verbose --is-ipv4-range "$1"
 
-error_exit() {
-  echo "Error: $1 is not a valid IPv4 address range"
-  exit 1
-}
-
-# Only run this if there is a hypen present in $1
-if [[ "$1" =~ "-" ]]; then
-  # This only works with real bash (<<<) - split IP addresses into array with
-  # hyphen as delimiter
-  readarray -d - -t strarr <<< $1
-
-  ipaddrcheck --is-ipv4-single ${strarr[0]}
-  if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-    error_exit $1
-  fi
-
-  ipaddrcheck --is-ipv4-single ${strarr[1]}
-  if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-    error_exit $1
-  fi
-
-  start=$(ip2dec ${strarr[0]})
-  stop=$(ip2dec ${strarr[1]})
-  if [ $start -ge $stop ]; then
-    error_exit $1
-  fi
-
-  exit 0
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: $1 is not a valid IPv4 address range"
+    exit 1
 fi
 
-error_exit $1
+exit 0
diff --git a/src/validators/ipv6-range b/src/validators/ipv6-range
index 7080860c4c..0d2eb63841 100755
--- a/src/validators/ipv6-range
+++ b/src/validators/ipv6-range
@@ -1,20 +1,10 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/bin/sh
 
-from ipaddress import IPv6Address
-from sys import argv, exit
+ipaddrcheck --verbose --is-ipv6-range "$1"
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if len(argv) > 1:
-        # try to pass validation and raise an error if failed
-        try:
-            ipv6_range = argv[1]
-            range_left = ipv6_range.split('-')[0]
-            range_right = ipv6_range.split('-')[1]
-            if not IPv6Address(range_left) < IPv6Address(range_right):
-                raise ValueError(f'left element {range_left} must be less than right element {range_right}')
-        except Exception as err:
-            print(f'Error: {ipv6_range} is not a valid IPv6 range: {err}')
-            exit(1)
-    else:
-        print('Error: an IPv6 range argument must be provided')
-        exit(1)
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: $1 is not a valid IPv6 address range"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0