diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index b6197f7a1..18d66e135 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ BASEDHCPSTAMPFILE="/var/run/dnsmasq"
 DHCPBOGUSHOSTNAMEFILE="/usr/share/dnsmasq/dhcpbogushostname.conf"
 RFC6761FILE="/usr/share/dnsmasq/rfc6761.conf"
 DHCPSCRIPT="/usr/lib/dnsmasq/dhcp-script.sh"
-CONFIGFILE_COMMENTS="/tmp/dhcp_comments.conf"
+
 DNSMASQ_DHCP_VER=4
 
 xappend() {
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ xappend() {
 	echo "${value#--}" >> $CONFIGFILE_TMP
 }
 
-cappend() {
-	local value="$1"
-
-	echo "${value#--}" >> $CONFIGFILE_COMMENTS
-}
-
 hex_to_hostid() {
 	local var="$1"
 	local hex="${2#0x}" # strip optional "0x" prefix
@@ -283,8 +277,7 @@ dhcp_match_add() {
 
 dhcp_host_add() {
 	local cfg="$1"
-	local hosttag nametime addrs duids macs tags 
-	local comment_mac comment_ip
+	local hosttag nametime addrs duids macs tags
 
 	config_get_bool force "$cfg" force 0
 
@@ -295,17 +288,10 @@ dhcp_host_add() {
 	[ "$enable" = "0" ] && return 0
 
 	config_get name "$cfg" name
-	config_get comments "$cfg" comments
 	config_get ip "$cfg" ip
 	config_get hostid "$cfg" hostid
-		
-	if [ -z "$ip" -a -z "$name" -a -z "$hostid" ]; then
-		[ -n "$comments" ] || return 0
-		config_get mac "$cfg" mac
-		[ -n "$ip" ] || ip="-"
-		cappend "$comments $mac $ip"
-		return 0
-	fi
+
+	[ -n "$ip" -o -n "$name" -o -n "$hostid" ] || return 0
 
 	config_get_bool dns "$cfg" dns 0
 	[ "$dns" = "1" -a -n "$ip" -a -n "$name" ] && {
@@ -321,7 +307,6 @@ dhcp_host_add() {
 		# many MAC are possible to track a laptop ON/OFF dock
 		for m in $mac; do append macs "$m" ","; done
 	fi
-	
 
 	if [ $DNSMASQ_DHCP_VER -eq 6 -a -n "$duid" ]; then
 		# --dhcp-host=id:00:03:00:01:12:00:00:01:02:03,[::beef],lap
@@ -351,27 +336,12 @@ dhcp_host_add() {
 
 	hosttag="${networkid:+,set:${networkid}}${tags:+,set:${tags}}$broadcast"
 	nametime="${name:+,$name}${leasetime:+,$leasetime}"
-	
-	[ -n "$comments" ] || comments="-"
-	
-	if [ -n "$macs" ]; then
-		comment_mac=$mac
-	else
-		comment_mac="-"
-	fi
-	
-	if [ -n "$ip" ]; then
-		comment_ip=${ip:+$ip}
-	else
-		comment_ip="-"
-	fi
-	
+
 	if [ $DNSMASQ_DHCP_VER -eq 6 ]; then
 		addrs="${ip:+,$ip}${hostid:+,[::$hostid]}"
 		xappend "--dhcp-host=$macs${duids:+,$duids}$hosttag$addrs$nametime"
 	else
 		xappend "--dhcp-host=$macs$hosttag${ip:+,$ip}$nametime"
-		cappend "$comments $comment_mac $comment_ip"
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -783,7 +753,6 @@ dnsmasq_start()
 	chown dnsmasq:dnsmasq /var/run/dnsmasq
 
 	echo "# auto-generated config file from /etc/config/dhcp" > $CONFIGFILE_TMP
-	rm $CONFIGFILE_COMMENTS
 	echo "# auto-generated config file from /etc/config/dhcp" > $HOSTFILE_TMP
 
 	local dnsmasqconffile="/etc/dnsmasq.${cfg}.conf"