Index: Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py =================================================================== --- Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py (revision 65598) +++ Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py (working copy) @@ -215,10 +215,7 @@ self._socket = socket.socket(getattr(socket, family)) self._socket.bind(address) self._socket.listen(backlog) - address = self._socket.getsockname() - if type(address) is tuple: - address = (socket.getfqdn(address[0]),) + address[1:] - self._address = address + self._address = self._socket.getsockname() self._family = family self._last_accepted = None