diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/hosts b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/hosts
index b94f414d5c..10a5b6c704 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/hosts
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/base-files/base-files/hosts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain		localhost
+127.0.0.1	localhost
 
 # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
 ::1     localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback