diff --git a/src/dns/server.rs b/src/dns/server.rs
index 4267091c1a..886956ba29 100644
--- a/src/dns/server.rs
+++ b/src/dns/server.rs
@@ -258,20 +258,14 @@ impl Store {
                 // Insert an alias for a stripped search domain.
                 add_alias(Alias {
                     name: stripped_name.clone(),
-                    stripped: Some(Stripped {
-                        name: stripped_name.clone(),
-                        search_domain: search_domain.clone(),
-                    }),
+                    stripped: Some(stripped_name.clone()),
                 });
 
                 // If the name can be expanded to a k8s FQDN, add that as well.
                 for kube_fqdn in self.to_kube_fqdns(&stripped_name, &namespaced_domain) {
                     add_alias(Alias {
                         name: kube_fqdn,
-                        stripped: Some(Stripped {
-                            name: stripped_name.clone(),
-                            search_domain: search_domain.clone(),
-                        }),
+                        stripped: Some(stripped_name.clone()),
                     });
                 }
             }
@@ -678,31 +672,14 @@ impl Resolver for Store {
 
         // If the service was found by stripping off one of the search domains, create a
         // CNAME record to map to the appropriate canonical name.
-        if let Some(stripped) = service_match.alias.stripped {
-            if service_match.name.is_wildcard() {
-                // The match is a wildcard...
-
-                // Create a CNAME record that maps from the wildcard with the search domain to
-                // the wildcard without it.
-                let cname_record_name = service_match
-                    .name
-                    .clone()
-                    .append_domain(&stripped.search_domain)
-                    .unwrap();
-                let canonical_name = service_match.name;
-                records.push(cname_record(cname_record_name, canonical_name));
-
-                // For wildcards, continue using the original requested hostname for IP records.
-            } else {
-                // The match is NOT a wildcard...
-
-                // Create a CNAME record to map from the requested name -> stripped name.
-                let canonical_name = stripped.name;
-                records.push(cname_record(requested_name.clone(), canonical_name.clone()));
-
-                // Also use the stripped name as the IP record name.
-                ip_record_name = canonical_name;
-            }
+        if let Some(stripped) = service_match.alias.stripped
+            && !service_match.name.is_wildcard()
+        {
+            // Create a CNAME record to map from the requested name -> stripped name.
+            records.push(cname_record(requested_name.clone(), stripped.clone()));
+
+            // Also use the stripped name as the IP record name.
+            ip_record_name = stripped;
         }
 
         access_log(request, Some(&client), "success", records.len());
@@ -743,7 +720,7 @@ struct Alias {
 
     /// If `Some`, indicates that this alias was generated from the requested host that
     /// was stripped of
-    stripped: Option<Stripped>,
+    stripped: Option<Name>,
 }
 
 impl Display for Alias {
@@ -752,16 +729,6 @@ impl Display for Alias {
     }
 }
 
-/// Created for an alias generated by stripping a search domain from the requested host.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct Stripped {
-    /// The requested hostname with the `search_domain` removed.
-    name: Name,
-
-    /// The search domain that was removed from the requested host to generate `name`.
-    search_domain: Name,
-}
-
 /// Returned when a server was successfully found for the requested hostname.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct ServerMatch {
@@ -1329,16 +1296,10 @@ mod tests {
             Case {
                 name: "success: wild card with search domain returns A record correctly",
                 host: "foo.svc.mesh.company.net.ns1.svc.cluster.local.",
-                expect_records: vec![
-                    cname(
-                        n("*.svc.mesh.company.net.ns1.svc.cluster.local."),
-                        n("*.svc.mesh.company.net."),
-                    ),
-                    a(
-                        n("foo.svc.mesh.company.net.ns1.svc.cluster.local."),
-                        ipv4("10.1.2.3"),
-                    ),
-                ],
+                expect_records: vec![a(
+                    n("foo.svc.mesh.company.net.ns1.svc.cluster.local."),
+                    ipv4("10.1.2.3"),
+                )],
                 ..Default::default()
             },
             Case {