diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index 5e7f99c118..724cd93f37 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ def minimal_installation(
 		testing: bool = False,
 		multilib: bool = False,
 		mkinitcpio: bool = True,
-		hostname: str = 'archinstall',
+		hostname: str | None = None,
 		locale_config: LocaleConfiguration = LocaleConfiguration.default()
 	):
 		if self._disk_config.lvm_config:
@@ -874,7 +874,9 @@ def minimal_installation(
 		# os.remove(f'{self.target}/etc/localtime')
 		# sys_command(f'/usr/bin/arch-chroot {self.target} ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/{localtime} /etc/localtime')
 		# sys_command('/usr/bin/arch-chroot /mnt hwclock --hctosys --localtime')
-		self.set_hostname(hostname)
+		if hostname:
+			self.set_hostname(hostname)
+
 		self.set_locale(locale_config)
 		self.set_keyboard_language(locale_config.kb_layout)
 
diff --git a/archinstall/scripts/guided.py b/archinstall/scripts/guided.py
index 6a51d9e1c6..9737e5873f 100644
--- a/archinstall/scripts/guided.py
+++ b/archinstall/scripts/guided.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def perform_installation(mountpoint: Path) -> None:
 			testing=enable_testing,
 			multilib=enable_multilib,
 			mkinitcpio=run_mkinitcpio,
-			hostname=archinstall.arguments.get('hostname', 'archlinux'),
+			hostname=archinstall.arguments.get('hostname'),
 			locale_config=locale_config
 		)