diff --git a/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/DirectPostgresqlManager.java b/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/DirectPostgresqlManager.java
index 5cf61d4b..6d3a378d 100644
--- a/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/DirectPostgresqlManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/DirectPostgresqlManager.java
@@ -349,10 +349,8 @@ public void importTable(ImportJobContext context)
         }
       }
 
-      if (!DirectImportUtils.isLocalhost(hostname)) {
-        args.add("--host");
-        args.add(hostname);
-      }
+      args.add("--host");
+      args.add(hostname);
 
       if (port != -1) {
         args.add("--port");
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/SmokeTests.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/SmokeTests.java
index 9e68e74c..60c9bd99 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/SmokeTests.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/SmokeTests.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import com.cloudera.sqoop.metastore.TestSavedJobs;
 import com.cloudera.sqoop.orm.TestClassWriter;
 import com.cloudera.sqoop.orm.TestParseMethods;
-import com.cloudera.sqoop.util.TestDirectImportUtils;
 
 import junit.framework.Test;
 import junit.framework.TestSuite;
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ public static Test suite() {
     suite.addTestSuite(TestBlobRef.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(TestClobRef.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(TestLargeObjectLoader.class);
-    suite.addTestSuite(TestDirectImportUtils.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(TestLobFile.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(TestExportUpdate.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(TestSavedJobs.class);
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/PostgresqlTest.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/PostgresqlTest.java
index 2ac6bd37..5caac7a2 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/PostgresqlTest.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/PostgresqlTest.java
@@ -57,8 +57,14 @@
  * following in /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf:
  *     local  all all trust
  *     host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust
- * 
- * ... and comment out any other lines referencing 127.0.0.1.
+ *     host all all ::1/128      trust
+ *
+ * ... and comment out any other lines referencing 127.0.0.1 or ::1.
+ *
+ * Also in the file /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/postgresql.conf, uncomment
+ * the line that starts with listen_addresses and set its value to '*' as
+ * follows
+ *     listen_address = '*'
  *
  * For postgresql 8.1, this may be in /var/lib/pgsql/data, instead.  You may
  * need to restart the postgresql service after modifying this file.
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ public void setUp() {
       connection.setAutoCommit(false);
       st = connection.createStatement();
 
-      // create the database table and populate it with data. 
+      // create the database table and populate it with data.
 
       try {
         // Try to remove the table first. DROP TABLE IF EXISTS didn't
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/util/TestDirectImportUtils.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/util/TestDirectImportUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d29649f2..00000000
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/util/TestDirectImportUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Licensed to Cloudera, Inc. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  Cloudera, Inc. licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.cloudera.sqoop.util;
-
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-/**
- * Test that /etc/hosts is configured sanely.
- * If this fails, then the postgresql direct tests will likely fail.
- *
- * In particular, 'localhost' needs to resolve to 127.0.0.1.
- * The /etc/hosts file should contain a line like:
- *
- * 127.0.0.1  (yourhostnamehere) localhost
- *
- * e.g.:
- * 127.0.0.1  aaron-laptop localhost
- * 127.0.1.1  aaron-laptop
- * ...
- *
- * If it doesn't have 'localhost' on that line, it'll fail.
- */
-public class TestDirectImportUtils extends TestCase {
-
-  public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(
-        TestDirectImportUtils.class.getName());
-        
-  public void testLocalhost() throws UnknownHostException {
-    InetAddress localHostAddr = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
-    LOG.info("Advertised localhost address: " + localHostAddr);
-
-    InetAddress requestAddr = InetAddress.getByName("localhost");
-    LOG.info("Requested localhost address: " + requestAddr);
-
-    assertTrue("Requested addr does not identify as localhost. "
-        + "Check /etc/hosts (see TestDirectImportUtils comments)",
-        localHostAddr.equals(requestAddr));
-
-    assertTrue("Couldn't match 'localhost' to localhost; "
-        + "check /etc/hosts (see TestDirectImportUtils comments)",
-        DirectImportUtils.isLocalhost("localhost"));
-  }
-}
-