diff --git a/src/leappto/cli.py b/src/leappto/cli.py
index f3654efbf..0f9387505 100755
--- a/src/leappto/cli.py
+++ b/src/leappto/cli.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 MACROCONTAINER_STORAGE_DIR = '/var/lib/leapp/macrocontainers/'
 SOURCE_APP_EXPORT_DIR = '/var/lib/leapp/source_export/'
-_LOCALHOST = ('localhost', '127.0.0.1')
+_LOCALHOST='localhost'
 _MIN_PORT = 1
 _MAX_PORT = 65535
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def source_addr(self):
             return self.__get_machine_addr(self.source)
 
         def _ssh_base(self, addr, cfg):
-            if addr in _LOCALHOST:
+            if addr == _LOCALHOST:
                 return []
             return ['ssh'] + cfg + ['-4', addr]
 
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ def _net_util(port_list):
 
     port_list = PortList()
 
-    if ip_or_fqdn in _LOCALHOST and not force_nmap:
+    if ip_or_fqdn in ('localhost', '127.0.0.1') and not force_nmap:
         return _net_util(port_list)
 
     ip = socket.gethostbyname(ip_or_fqdn)