diff --git a/package/perl/perl.mk b/package/perl/perl.mk
index f96b638246..38f30ab60e 100644
--- a/package/perl/perl.mk
+++ b/package/perl/perl.mk
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ PERL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dccflags="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
 	-Dldflags="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -lm" \
 	-Dmydomain="" \
-	-Dmyhostname="$(BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME)" \
+	-Dmyhostname="noname" \
 	-Dmyuname="Buildroot $(BR2_VERSION_FULL)" \
 	-Dosname=linux \
 	-Dosvers=$(LINUX_VERSION) \