diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go
index b007a02d542..5f2e6925cbb 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ type RouterOpts struct {
 type MetadataOpts struct {
 	SearchOrder    string     `gcfg:"search-order"`
 	RequestTimeout MyDuration `gcfg:"request-timeout"`
-	DHCPDomain     string     `gcfg:"dhcp-domain"`
 }
 
 // OpenStack is an implementation of cloud provider Interface for OpenStack.
@@ -234,7 +233,6 @@ func configFromEnv() (cfg Config, ok bool) {
 			cfg.Global.TrustID != "")
 
 	cfg.Metadata.SearchOrder = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", configDriveID, metadataID)
-	cfg.Metadata.DHCPDomain = "novalocal"
 	cfg.BlockStorage.BSVersion = "auto"
 
 	return
@@ -252,7 +250,6 @@ func readConfig(config io.Reader) (Config, error) {
 	cfg.BlockStorage.TrustDevicePath = false
 	cfg.BlockStorage.IgnoreVolumeAZ = false
 	cfg.Metadata.SearchOrder = fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", configDriveID, metadataID)
-	cfg.Metadata.DHCPDomain = "novalocal"
 
 	err := gcfg.ReadInto(&cfg, config)
 	return cfg, err
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_instances.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_instances.go
index f23fead5c0e..0cf1a9a6dd6 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_instances.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_instances.go
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ func (i *Instances) CurrentNodeName(ctx context.Context, hostname string) (types
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	domain := "." + i.opts.DHCPDomain
-	if i.opts.DHCPDomain != "" && strings.HasSuffix(md.Hostname, domain) {
-		return types.NodeName(strings.TrimSuffix(md.Hostname, domain)), nil
-	}
 	return types.NodeName(strings.Split(md.Hostname, ".")[0]), nil
 }