diff --git a/scripts/test/conts-destroy.sh b/scripts/test/conts-destroy.sh
index 29fa36db677fa276edf31c825a9118c2cf6211ac..456816dc54ba3bc6960f9dc417a01532cd1100ca 100755
--- a/scripts/test/conts-destroy.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/conts-destroy.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ for service_name in $service_names; do
         echo "Destroying container: ${service_name}"
         lxc-destroy -n ${service_name}
         ip=$(jq -r --arg NAME ${service_name} '.[] | select(.name==$NAME) | .ip_address' ${rspec_file})
-        #TODO: this line doesn't work for some reason and it's also dangerous because an IP could match more than 1 line in the file
-        #sed -i '/${ip}/d' /etc/lxc/dnsmasq.conf
+        sed -i "/dhcp-host=${service_name},/d" /etc/lxc/dnsmasq.conf
     fi
 done