diff --git a/hosting/couchdb/clouseau/clouseau.ini b/hosting/couchdb/clouseau/clouseau.ini
index 578a5acafa..9e03f8bc6e 100644
--- a/hosting/couchdb/clouseau/clouseau.ini
+++ b/hosting/couchdb/clouseau/clouseau.ini
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 [clouseau]
 
-; the name of the Erlang node created by the service, leave this unchanged
-name=clouseau@127.0.0.1
-
 ; set this to the same distributed Erlang cookie used by the CouchDB nodes
 cookie=monster
 
diff --git a/hosting/couchdb/couch/vm.args b/hosting/couchdb/couch/vm.args
index e9e4416863..33873b91a7 100644
--- a/hosting/couchdb/couch/vm.args
+++ b/hosting/couchdb/couch/vm.args
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # the License.
 
 # erlang cookie for clouseau security
--name couchdb@127.0.0.1
 -setcookie monster
 
 # Ensure that the Erlang VM listens on a known port