diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/edithosts.sh b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/edithosts.sh
index 4912bcecc78..f0d9c00ddf4 100755
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/edithosts.sh
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/edithosts.sh
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ then
   sed -i  /$ipv6],/d $DHCP_HOSTS
 fi
 # don't want to do this in the future, we can have same VM with multiple nics/entries
-#sed -i  /$host,/d $DHCP_HOSTS
-
+sed -i  /$host,/d $DHCP_HOSTS
 
 #put in the new entry
 if [ $ipv4 ]