diff --git a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-server b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-server
index 3fe9d9e34..317d8ae1c 100755
--- a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-server
+++ b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-server
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ _ping_server_intf() {
 			    -w "$OMR_TRACKER_TIMEOUT" \
 			    -c 1 \
 			    -q \
-			    "${host}"
 			    -I "$intf" \
 			    "${host}"
 			)