diff --git a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
index 9d80a09b32..1d0fab4490 100755
--- a/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
+++ b/assembly/src/release/bin/activemq
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fi
 
 # Location of the pidfile
 if [ -z "$ACTIVEMQ_PIDFILE" ]; then
-  ACTIVEMQ_PIDFILE="$ACTIVEMQ_DATA/activemq-`hostname`.pid"
+  ACTIVEMQ_PIDFILE="$ACTIVEMQ_DATA/activemq.pid"
 fi