diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go
index 772f7e4c52..e9d9ef883a 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/start.go
@@ -359,19 +359,18 @@ func AddHostAlias(c command.Runner, name string, ip net.IP) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if _, err := c.RunCmd(addHostAliasCommand(name, ip, record, true, "/etc/hosts")); err != nil {
+	if _, err := c.RunCmd(addHostAliasCommand(name, record, true, "/etc/hosts")); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "hosts update")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func addHostAliasCommand(name string, ip net.IP, record string, sudo bool, path string) *exec.Cmd {
+func addHostAliasCommand(name string, record string, sudo bool, path string) *exec.Cmd {
 	sudoCmd := "sudo"
 	if !sudo { // for testing
 		sudoCmd = ""
 	}
-	// bug introduced in https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/7247/files#diff-b417251c2aba7198bb6b5fa1ec5894bd5d89288dddccf9ea9d9da249dadbfc8dR257
-	// missing $ before '\t%s$'; as it is \t matches nothing
+
 	script := fmt.Sprintf(
 		`{ grep -v $'\t%s$' "%s"; echo "%s"; } > /tmp/h.$$; %s cp /tmp/h.$$ "%s"`,
 		name,
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/start_test.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/start_test.go
index d826c9b61c..53ae27217b 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/start_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/start_test.go
@@ -41,12 +41,7 @@ func TestAddHostAliasInner(t *testing.T) {
 	hostsFileLine := fmt.Sprintf("%s\t%s", ip, hostname)
 
 	// Act
-	cmd := addHostAliasCommand(
-		hostname,
-		ip,
-		hostsFileLine,
-		false,
-		tempFilePath)
+	cmd := addHostAliasCommand(hostname, hostsFileLine, false, tempFilePath)
 	if err = cmd.Run(); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}