diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig
index 367aa44ca..943d957e5 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="$(BR2_EXTERNAL_HASSIO_PATH)/patches"
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC=y
 BR2_GCC_VERSION_7_X=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
-BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="hassio.local"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="hassio"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to Hass.io"
 BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="tty1"