diff --git a/updateHostsFile.py b/updateHostsFile.py
index 9d4df4b59..2f5808727 100755
--- a/updateHostsFile.py
+++ b/updateHostsFile.py
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ def removeDupsAndExcl( mergeFile ):
 			# Cross-python write
 			writeData( finalFile, line )
 			continue
+		if '::1' in line:
+			continue
 
 		strippedRule = stripRule( line ) #strip comments
 		if len( strippedRule ) == 0: