diff --git a/doc/newsfragments/zeroconf-announce-screen-name.bugfix b/doc/newsfragments/zeroconf-announce-screen-name.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd7542bc8ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/newsfragments/zeroconf-announce-screen-name.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use screen name instead of IP address to announce server through zeroconf.
diff --git a/src/gui/src/ZeroconfService.cpp b/src/gui/src/ZeroconfService.cpp
index f7b10007b95..f6d1ccd68c6 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/ZeroconfService.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/ZeroconfService.cpp
@@ -124,27 +124,6 @@ void ZeroconfService::errorHandle(DNSServiceErrorType errorCode)
         tr("Error code: %1.").arg(errorCode));
 }
 
-QString ZeroconfService::getLocalIPAddresses()
-{
-    QStringList addresses;
-    for (const QHostAddress& address : QNetworkInterface::allAddresses()) {
-        if (address.protocol() == QAbstractSocket::IPv4Protocol &&
-            address != QHostAddress(QHostAddress::LocalHost)) {
-            addresses.append(address.toString());
-        }
-    }
-
-    for (const QString& preferedIP : preferedIPAddress) {
-        for (const QString& address : addresses) {
-            if (address.startsWith(preferedIP)) {
-                return address;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return "";
-}
-
 bool ZeroconfService::registerService(bool server)
 {
     bool result = true;
@@ -159,19 +138,10 @@ bool ZeroconfService::registerService(bool server)
         else {
             m_pZeroconfRegister = new ZeroconfRegister(this);
             if (server) {
-                QString localIP = getLocalIPAddresses();
-                if (localIP.isEmpty()) {
-                    QMessageBox::warning(m_pMainWindow, tr("Barrier"),
-                        tr("Failed to get local IP address. "
-                           "Please manually type in server address "
-                           "on your clients"));
-                }
-                else {
-                    m_pZeroconfRegister->registerService(
-                        ZeroconfRecord(tr("%1").arg(localIP),
-                        QLatin1String(m_ServerServiceName), QString()),
-                        m_zeroconfServer.serverPort());
-                }
+                m_pZeroconfRegister->registerService(
+                    ZeroconfRecord(tr("%1").arg(m_pMainWindow->getScreenName()),
+                    QLatin1String(m_ServerServiceName), QString()),
+                    m_zeroconfServer.serverPort());
             }
             else {
                 m_pZeroconfRegister->registerService(
diff --git a/src/gui/src/ZeroconfService.h b/src/gui/src/ZeroconfService.h
index 929cd05581e..8a3b8beb14d 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/ZeroconfService.h
+++ b/src/gui/src/ZeroconfService.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ private slots:
     void errorHandle(DNSServiceErrorType errorCode);
 
 private:
-    QString getLocalIPAddresses();
     bool registerService(bool server);
 
 private: