diff --git a/src/server_socket.c b/src/server_socket.c
index b0eb179a6..bb7a6f097 100644
--- a/src/server_socket.c
+++ b/src/server_socket.c
@@ -372,9 +372,6 @@ server_socket_add_host(struct server_socket *ss, const char *hostname,
 	struct addrinfo hints;
 	memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
 	hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
-#ifdef AI_ADDRCONFIG
-	hints.ai_flags |= AI_ADDRCONFIG;
-#endif
 	hints.ai_family = PF_UNSPEC;
 	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 	hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;