diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ce20b191f..d1fbec8f5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+20001231
+ - (bal) Reverted out of MAXHOSTNAMELEN.  This should be set per OS.
+   for multiple reasons.
+
 20001230
  - (bal) OpenBSD CVS Update
    - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2000/12/28 18:58:30
diff --git a/defines.h b/defines.h
index 9460905a3..4c3941cad 100644
--- a/defines.h
+++ b/defines.h
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ enum
 # endif /* PATH_MAX */
 #endif /* MAXPATHLEN */
 
-#ifndef MAXHOSTNAMELEN
-# define MAXHOSTNAMELEN 64
-#endif /* MAXHOSTNAMELEN */
-
 #ifndef STDIN_FILENO     
 # define STDIN_FILENO    0
 #endif