diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 7074ee542a..6cbe400fa4 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ repo_path="github.com/prometheus/prometheus"
 version=$( cat version/VERSION )
 revision=$( git rev-parse --short HEAD 2> /dev/null || echo 'unknown' )
 branch=$( git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null || echo 'unknown' )
-host=$( hostname -f )
+host=$( hostname )
 build_date=$( date +%Y%m%d-%H:%M:%S )
 go_version=$( go version | sed -e 's/^[^0-9.]*\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/' )