diff -ruN e-smith-base-5.2.0.old/root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm e-smith-base-5.2.0/root/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm
--- e-smith-base-5.4.0.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm	2013-06-24 18:39:49.000000000 -0700
+++ e-smith-base-5.4.0/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm	2013-06-24 18:43:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -251,6 +251,14 @@
     if ($choice =~ /^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*)$/)
     {
 	$db->set_value('SystemName', $SystemName = lc($1));
+	if ($oldSystemName ne $SystemName)
+	{
+        # Delete old static hosts db record if one exists
+        use esmith::HostsDB;
+        my $hdb = esmith::HostsDB->open;
+        my $rec = $hdb->get("$oldSystemName.$DomainName");
+        $rec->delete if $rec;
+	}
 	goto ETHERNET_LOCAL;
 
     }