diff --git a/driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/CloudConfigFactory.java b/driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/CloudConfigFactory.java
index cee81267c5..d2181cc3e7 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/CloudConfigFactory.java
+++ b/driver-core/src/main/java/com/datastax/driver/core/CloudConfigFactory.java
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ protected BufferedReader fetchProxyMetadata(URL metadataServiceUrl, SSLContext s
     HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) metadataServiceUrl.openConnection();
     connection.setSSLSocketFactory(sslContext.getSocketFactory());
     connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
-    connection.setRequestProperty("host", "localhost");
     return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream(), UTF_8));
   }