diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 121b5574f..4788ef29c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 - Set default propagator to no-op propagator. (#1184)
 
+### Removed
+
+- Remove duplicate hostname key `HostHostNameKey` in Resource semantic conventions. (#1219)
+
 ## [0.12.0] - 2020-09-24
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/semconv/resource.go b/semconv/resource.go
index a1a3f9c57..e3599d3f1 100644
--- a/semconv/resource.go
+++ b/semconv/resource.go
@@ -179,12 +179,9 @@ const (
 
 // Semantic conventions for host resource attribute keys.
 const (
-	// A uniquely identifying name for the host.
+	// A uniquely identifying name for the host: 'hostname', FQDN, or user specified name
 	HostNameKey = label.Key("host.name")
 
-	// A hostname as returned by the 'hostname' command on host machine.
-	HostHostNameKey = label.Key("host.hostname")
-
 	// Unique host ID. For cloud environments this will be the instance ID.
 	HostIDKey = label.Key("host.id")