diff --git a/libcody/netclient.cc b/libcody/netclient.cc
index 7f81dd91810..558808be485 100644
--- a/libcody/netclient.cc
+++ b/libcody/netclient.cc
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int OpenInet6 (char const **e, char const *name, int port)
     }
 
   addrinfo hints;
-  hints.ai_flags = AI_NUMERICSERV;
+  hints.ai_flags = 0;
   hints.ai_family = AF_INET6;
   hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
   hints.ai_protocol = 0;
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ int OpenInet6 (char const **e, char const *name, int port)
   hints.ai_canonname = nullptr;
   hints.ai_next = nullptr;
 
-  /* getaddrinfo requires a port number, but is quite happy to accept
-     invalid ones.  So don't rely on it.  */
-  if (int err = getaddrinfo (name, "0", &hints, &addrs))
+  if (int err = getaddrinfo (name, nullptr, &hints, &addrs))
     {
       errstr = gai_strerror (err);
       // What's the best errno to set?