diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.check.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.check.sh
index def3f1c11..f4a90fe93 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.check.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.check.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ source <(/home/admin/config.scripts/network.aliases.sh getvars cl $2)
 # so it tries to make sure the config is in valid shape
 ######################################################################
 
+# do not announce 127.0.0.1 https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/issues/2634
+if [ $(grep -c "^announce-addr=127.0.0.1" < ${CLCONF}) -gt 0 ];then
+  sed -i "/^announce-addr=127.0.0.1/d" ${CLCONF}
+fi
+
 if [ $(grep -c "^sparko" < ${CLCONF}) -gt 0 ];then
   if [ ! -f /home/bitcoin/${netprefix}cl-plugins-enabled/sparko ]\
     || [ "$(eval echo \$${netprefix}sparko)" != "on" ]; then
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install.sh
index aa8b6a24e..558730dd5 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/cl.install.sh
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ if [ "$1" = on ]||[ "$1" = update ]||[ "$1" = testPR ];then
     echo "# lightningd configuration for ${network} ${CHAIN}
 
 network=${CLNETWORK}
-announce-addr=127.0.0.1:${portprefix}9736
 log-file=cl.log
 log-level=info
 plugin-dir=/home/bitcoin/${netprefix}cl-plugins-enabled