diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
index 15b96132f..6cfb16694 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
@@ -87,13 +87,10 @@ sub addnode
 
                     # we're processing the nics table and we found an
                     #   existing entry for this ip so just add this
-                    # ode name as an alias for the existing entry
+                    # node name as an alias for the existing entry
                     chomp($hosts[$idx]);
                     my ($hip, $hnode, $hdom, $hother) = split(/ /, $hosts[$idx]);
 
-                    # at this point "othernames", if any is just a space
-                    # elimited list - so just add the node name to the list
-                    $othernames .= " $node";
                     $hosts[$idx] = build_line($callback, $ip, $hnode, $domain, $othernames);
                 } else {