diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-setting-ip-config.c b/libnm-core/nm-setting-ip-config.c
index 55ad7bb0cc..39a4c63f46 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-setting-ip-config.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-setting-ip-config.c
@@ -2879,7 +2879,6 @@ nm_setting_ip_config_class_init (NMSettingIPConfigClass *setting_class)
 		 g_param_spec_string (NM_SETTING_IP_CONFIG_DHCP_HOSTNAME, "", "",
 		                      NULL,
 		                      G_PARAM_READWRITE |
-		                      NM_SETTING_PARAM_INFERRABLE |
 		                      G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
 	/**