diff --git a/src/inspector_socket.cc b/src/inspector_socket.cc
index ec347732404189..a48300c93bc077 100644
--- a/src/inspector_socket.cc
+++ b/src/inspector_socket.cc
@@ -580,8 +580,7 @@ class HttpHandler : public ProtocolHandler {
   bool IsAllowedHost(const std::string& host_with_port) const {
     std::string host = TrimPort(host_with_port);
     return host.empty() || IsIPAddress(host)
-           || node::StringEqualNoCase(host.data(), "localhost")
-           || node::StringEqualNoCase(host.data(), "localhost6");
+           || node::StringEqualNoCase(host.data(), "localhost");
   }
 
   bool parsing_value_;