diff --git a/src/flb_network.c b/src/flb_network.c
index 7ac86e98f67..f9c5bb976a7 100644
--- a/src/flb_network.c
+++ b/src/flb_network.c
@@ -1045,12 +1045,9 @@ static struct flb_dns_lookup_context *flb_net_dns_lookup_context_create(
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    /* c-ares options: Set the transport layer to the desired protocol and
-     *                 the number of retries to 2
-     */
+    /* c-ares options: Set the transport layer to the desired protocol */
 
     optmask = ARES_OPT_FLAGS;
-    opts.tries = 2;
 
     if (dns_mode == FLB_DNS_USE_TCP) {
         opts.flags = ARES_FLAG_USEVC;