diff --git a/src/ZEO/runsvr.py b/src/ZEO/runsvr.py
index 45d279688407f1926c4bc8a73fb996231adb8cc6..c22f80c5f1e97f25192551305aa172f5aaf58fe4 100644
--- a/src/ZEO/runsvr.py
+++ b/src/ZEO/runsvr.py
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ class Options:
 
 class ZEOOptions(Options):
 
-    hostname = None                     # A subclass may set this
     read_only = None
     transaction_timeout = None
     invalidation_queue_size = None