diff --git a/cli/cmd/networkElementCreate.go b/cli/cmd/networkElementCreate.go
index 4d0b4e5553a28aefb0606d193cd1dae8af203251..121c732388818ed247e17d19096fb53277b65966 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/networkElementCreate.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/networkElementCreate.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if they diverge from the default credentials (user:'admin' and pw:'arista').`,
 			return
 		}
 
-		resp, err := pndAdapter.AddNetworkElement(createContextWithAuthorization(), mneName, mneUUID, opt, pluginUUID, []string{"system/config/hostname", "system/config/domain-name"})
+		resp, err := pndAdapter.AddNetworkElement(createContextWithAuthorization(), mneName, mneUUID, opt, pluginUUID, []string{})
 		if err != nil {
 			spinner.Fail(err)
 			return