diff --git a/pkg/store/instance_windows.go b/pkg/store/instance_windows.go
index 85d5e1896dc..208bbfb8155 100644
--- a/pkg/store/instance_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/store/instance_windows.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ func inspectStatus(instDir string, inst *Instance, y *limayaml.LimaYAML) {
 		inst.SSHLocalPort = 22
 
 		if inst.Status == StatusRunning {
-			sshAddr, err := getWslSSHAddress(inst.Name)
+			sshAddr, err := GetSSHAddress(inst.Name)
 			if err == nil {
 				inst.SSHAddress = sshAddr
 			} else {
@@ -118,21 +117,5 @@ func GetWslStatus(instName string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func GetSSHAddress(instName string) (string, error) {
-	return getWslSSHAddress(instName)
-}
-
-// GetWslSSHAddress runs a hostname command to get the IP from inside of a wsl2 VM.
-//
-// Expected output (whitespace preserved, [] for optional):
-// PS > wsl -d <distroName> bash -c hostname -I | cut -d' ' -f1
-// 168.1.1.1 [10.0.0.1]
-func getWslSSHAddress(instName string) (string, error) {
-	distroName := "lima-" + instName
-	cmd := exec.Command("wsl.exe", "-d", distroName, "bash", "-c", `hostname -I | cut -d ' ' -f1`)
-	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get hostname for instance %q, err: %w (out=%q)", instName, err, string(out))
-	}
-
-	return strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), nil
+	return "127.0.0.1", nil
 }