diff --git a/cppcache/src/PoolFactory.cpp b/cppcache/src/PoolFactory.cpp
index 9a5908f..b74fbd7 100644
--- a/cppcache/src/PoolFactory.cpp
+++ b/cppcache/src/PoolFactory.cpp
@@ -310,16 +310,8 @@
   ACE_INET_Addr addr(port, host.c_str());
 #ifdef WITH_IPV6
   // check unknown host
-  const int maxlength = 256;
-  const int maxhostlength = 256;
-  char char_array[maxlength];
-  char char_localhost[maxhostlength];
-
-  addr.get_host_name(char_array, maxlength);
-  gethostname(char_localhost, maxhostlength);  // get local hostname
-
-  if ((strcmp(char_localhost, host.c_str()) != 0) &&
-      (strcmp(char_localhost, char_array) == 0)) {
+  // ACE will not initialize port if hostname is not resolved.
+  if (port != addr.get_port_number()) {
 #else
   if (!(addr.get_ip_address())) {
 #endif