diff --git a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux.conf b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux.conf
index 78464e9a6c..1f5150c2be 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux.conf
+++ b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux.conf
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #
 
 #default hostfile
-orte_default_hostfile = /home/common/hosts
+#orte_default_hostfile = /home/common/hosts
 #ras_slurm_enable_dyn_alloc = 1
 #ras_slurm_config_file = /home/common/slurm/conf/slurm.conf