diff --git a/bosh/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/BOSHConfiguration.java b/bosh/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/BOSHConfiguration.java
index 386c3b082..6adcd0331 100644
--- a/bosh/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/BOSHConfiguration.java
+++ b/bosh/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/BOSHConfiguration.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.ConnectionConfiguration;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.proxy.ProxyInfo;
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.dns.HostAddress;
 
 /**
  * Configuration to use while establishing the connection to the XMPP server via
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ public class BOSHConfiguration extends ConnectionConfiguration {
         if (file.charAt(0) != '/') {
             file = '/' + file;
         }
-        return new URI((ssl ? "https://" : "http://") + getHost() + ":" + getPort() + file);
+        HostAddress hostAddress = hostAddresses.get(0);
+        String host = hostAddress.getFQDN();
+        int port = hostAddress.getPort();
+        return new URI((ssl ? "https://" : "http://") + host + ":" + port + file);
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/ConnectionConfiguration.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/ConnectionConfiguration.java
index 56bcd1ca1..858c751fa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/ConnectionConfiguration.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/ConnectionConfiguration.java
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ public class ConnectionConfiguration implements Cloneable {
      */
     private String serviceName;
 
-    private String host;
-    private int port;
     protected List<HostAddress> hostAddresses;
 
     private String keystorePath;
@@ -218,32 +216,6 @@ public class ConnectionConfiguration implements Cloneable {
         return serviceName;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the host to use when establishing the connection. The host and port to use
-     * might have been resolved by a DNS lookup as specified by the XMPP spec (and therefore
-     * may not match the {@link #getServiceName service name}.
-     *
-     * @return the host to use when establishing the connection.
-     */
-    public String getHost() {
-        return host;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the port to use when establishing the connection. The host and port to use
-     * might have been resolved by a DNS lookup as specified by the XMPP spec.
-     *
-     * @return the port to use when establishing the connection.
-     */
-    public int getPort() {
-        return port;
-    }
-
-    public void setUsedHostAddress(HostAddress hostAddress) {
-        this.host = hostAddress.getFQDN();
-        this.port = hostAddress.getPort();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the TLS security mode used when making the connection. By default,
      * the mode is {@link SecurityMode#enabled}.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPConnection.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPConnection.java
index 3024e080d..d4fcca44f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPConnection.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPConnection.java
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ public abstract class XMPPConnection {
 
     private Roster roster;
 
+    /**
+     * The used host to establish the connection to
+     */
+    private String host;
+
+    /**
+     * The used port to establish the connection to
+     */
+    private int port;
+
     /**
      * Create an executor to deliver incoming packets to listeners. We'll use a single thread with an unbounded queue.
      */
@@ -262,20 +272,20 @@ public abstract class XMPPConnection {
      * Returns the host name of the server where the XMPP server is running. This would be the
      * IP address of the server or a name that may be resolved by a DNS server.
      * 
-     * @return the host name of the server where the XMPP server is running.
+     * @return the host name of the server where the XMPP server is running or null if not yet connected.
      */
     public String getHost() {
-        return config.getHost();
+        return host;
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns the port number of the XMPP server for this connection. The default port
-     * for normal connections is 5222. The default port for SSL connections is 5223.
+     * for normal connections is 5222.
      * 
-     * @return the port number of the XMPP server.
+     * @return the port number of the XMPP server or 0 if not yet connected.
      */
     public int getPort() {
-        return config.getPort();
+        return port;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/TCPConnection.java b/tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/TCPConnection.java
index 9f9827cf2..d2f4e74ee 100644
--- a/tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/TCPConnection.java
+++ b/tcp/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/TCPConnection.java
@@ -439,7 +439,8 @@ public class TCPConnection extends XMPPConnection {
             }
             if (exception == null) {
                 // We found a host to connect to, break here
-                config.setUsedHostAddress(hostAddress);
+                host = hostAddress.getFQDN();
+                port = hostAddress.getPort();
                 break;
             }
             hostAddress.setException(exception);