diff --git a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/cleanup.sh b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/cleanup.sh
index 5a7d528..8a57268 100644
--- a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/cleanup.sh
+++ b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/cleanup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 apt-get -y autoremove --purge
 apt-get -y clean
 
+echo "cleaning up hostname"
+sed -i "/.*ubuntu-1404.*/d" /etc/hosts
+
 echo "cleaning up guest additions"
 rm -rf VBoxGuestAdditions_*.iso VBoxGuestAdditions_*.iso.? || true