diff --git a/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/memcached.pp b/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/memcached.pp
index 1a7ff43fa..27fd745dd 100644
--- a/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/memcached.pp
+++ b/packstack/puppet/modules/packstack/manifests/memcached.pp
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 class packstack::memcached ()
 {
-    # hack for memcached, for now we bind to localhost on ipv6
-    # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210658
     $memcached_bind_host = hiera('CONFIG_IP_VERSION') ? {
-      'ipv6'  => 'localhost6',
+      'ipv6'  => '::',
       default => '0.0.0.0',
       # TO-DO(mmagr): Add IPv6 support when hostnames are used
     }