diff --git a/planetstack/tools/get_instance_ip.py b/planetstack/tools/get_instance_ip.py
index 69c6af5..c227e2e 100644
--- a/planetstack/tools/get_instance_ip.py
+++ b/planetstack/tools/get_instance_ip.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 
     # get (instance_name, ip) pairs for instances with names and ips
 
-    slivers = [x for x in slivers if x["instance_name"] and x["ip"]]
+    slivers = [x for x in slivers if x["instance_name"]]
     slivers = sorted(slivers, key = lambda sliver: sliver["instance_name"])
 
     # return the last one in the list (i.e. the newest one)