diff --git a/src/socket-proxy/socket-proxyd.c b/src/socket-proxy/socket-proxyd.c
index 50f5b9c9c5..6042014069 100644
--- a/src/socket-proxy/socket-proxyd.c
+++ b/src/socket-proxy/socket-proxyd.c
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ static int resolve_remote(Connection *c) {
         static const struct addrinfo hints = {
                 .ai_family = AF_UNSPEC,
                 .ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM,
-                .ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG
         };
 
         const char *node, *service;