diff --git a/server/DnsHandler.py b/server/DnsHandler.py
index 8a3c818..74ac871 100644
--- a/server/DnsHandler.py
+++ b/server/DnsHandler.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class DnsHandler(threading.Thread):
             
 	    if msg.address != msg.addressInDns:
 		try:
-		    self.deleteARR(msg.dynid, msg.name, msg.zone, msg.addressInDns)
+		    self.deleteARR(msg.dynid, msg.name, msg.zone)
 		    self.insertARR(msg.dynid, msg.name, msg.zone, msg.address)
 		    Logger.log("Update: %s, %s.%s, %s -> %s" % 
 			       (msg.dynid, msg.name, msg.zone, msg.addressInDns, msg.address))
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ class DnsHandler(threading.Thread):
 	    raise LocalDnsHandlerException("failure when inserting: %d, %s" % (rc, dns.rcode.to_text(rc)))
 
 
-    def deleteARR(self, dynid, name, zone, address):
+    def deleteARR(self, dynid, name, zone):
         # send A-RR deletion for ip to DNS server
-        rr = dns.rdtypes.IN.A.A(dns.rdataclass.IN, dns.rdatatype.A, address)
         u = dns.update.Update(zone, keyring=self.keyring)
-        u.delete(name, rr)
+        u.delete(name)
         r = dns.query.tcp(u, self.nsAddress)
 
 	rc = r.rcode()