diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 2859132dc4..5e1abced23 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1142,11 +1142,9 @@ export class BufferPool {
 
 /** @public */
 export class HostAddress {
-  host: string | undefined;
-  port: number | undefined;
-  // Driver only works with unix socket path to connect
-  // SDAM operates only on tcp addresses
-  socketPath: string | undefined;
+  host: string | undefined = undefined;
+  port: number | undefined = undefined;
+  socketPath: string | undefined = undefined;
   isIPv6 = false;
 
   constructor(hostString: string) {
@@ -1155,8 +1153,6 @@ export class HostAddress {
     if (escapedHost.endsWith('.sock')) {
       // heuristically determine if we're working with a domain socket
       this.socketPath = decodeURIComponent(escapedHost);
-      delete this.port;
-      delete this.host;
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/connection_string.test.ts b/test/unit/connection_string.test.ts
index a04c64722b..5197f41846 100644
--- a/test/unit/connection_string.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/connection_string.test.ts
@@ -595,9 +595,9 @@ describe('Connection String', function () {
     it('should allow multiple bracketed portless localhost IPv6 addresses', () => {
       const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://[::1],[::1],[::1]/test');
       expect(client.options.hosts).to.deep.equal([
-        { host: '::1', port: 27017, isIPv6: true },
-        { host: '::1', port: 27017, isIPv6: true },
-        { host: '::1', port: 27017, isIPv6: true }
+        { host: '::1', port: 27017, isIPv6: true, socketPath: undefined },
+        { host: '::1', port: 27017, isIPv6: true, socketPath: undefined },
+        { host: '::1', port: 27017, isIPv6: true, socketPath: undefined }
       ]);
     });
 
@@ -606,18 +606,18 @@ describe('Connection String', function () {
         'mongodb://[ABCD:f::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd],[ABCD:f::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd],[ABCD:f::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd]/test'
       );
       expect(client.options.hosts).to.deep.equal([
-        { host: 'abcd:f::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd', port: 27017, isIPv6: true },
-        { host: 'abcd:f::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd', port: 27017, isIPv6: true },
-        { host: 'abcd:f::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd', port: 27017, isIPv6: true }
+        { host: 'abcd:f::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd', port: 27017, isIPv6: true, socketPath: undefined },
+        { host: 'abcd:f::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd', port: 27017, isIPv6: true, socketPath: undefined },
+        { host: 'abcd:f::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd', port: 27017, isIPv6: true, socketPath: undefined }
       ]);
     });
 
     it('should allow multiple bracketed port-full IPv6 addresses', () => {
       const client = new MongoClient('mongodb://[::1]:27018,[::1]:27019,[::1]:27020/test');
       expect(client.options.hosts).to.deep.equal([
-        { host: '::1', port: 27018, isIPv6: true },
-        { host: '::1', port: 27019, isIPv6: true },
-        { host: '::1', port: 27020, isIPv6: true }
+        { host: '::1', port: 27018, isIPv6: true, socketPath: undefined },
+        { host: '::1', port: 27019, isIPv6: true, socketPath: undefined },
+        { host: '::1', port: 27020, isIPv6: true, socketPath: undefined }
       ]);
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/unit/utils.test.ts b/test/unit/utils.test.ts
index fc175ebf92..1d37088b89 100644
--- a/test/unit/utils.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/utils.test.ts
@@ -598,27 +598,27 @@ describe('driver utils', function () {
       it('should handle decoded unix socket path', () => {
         const ha = new HostAddress(socketPath);
         expect(ha).to.have.property('socketPath', socketPath);
-        expect(ha).to.not.have.property('port');
+        expect(ha).to.have.property('port', undefined);
       });
 
       it('should handle encoded unix socket path', () => {
         const ha = new HostAddress(encodeURIComponent(socketPath));
         expect(ha).to.have.property('socketPath', socketPath);
-        expect(ha).to.not.have.property('port');
+        expect(ha).to.have.property('port', undefined);
       });
 
       it('should handle encoded unix socket path with an unencoded space', () => {
         const socketPathWithSpaces = '/tmp/some directory/mongodb-27017.sock';
         const ha = new HostAddress(socketPathWithSpaces);
         expect(ha).to.have.property('socketPath', socketPathWithSpaces);
-        expect(ha).to.not.have.property('port');
+        expect(ha).to.have.property('port', undefined);
       });
 
       it('should handle unix socket path that does not begin with a slash', () => {
         const socketPathWithoutSlash = 'my_local/directory/mustEndWith.sock';
         const ha = new HostAddress(socketPathWithoutSlash);
         expect(ha).to.have.property('socketPath', socketPathWithoutSlash);
-        expect(ha).to.not.have.property('port');
+        expect(ha).to.have.property('port', undefined);
       });
 
       it('should only set the socketPath property on HostAddress when hostString ends in .sock', () => {
@@ -627,8 +627,8 @@ describe('driver utils', function () {
         const hostnameThatEndsWithSock = 'iLoveJavascript.sock';
         const ha = new HostAddress(hostnameThatEndsWithSock);
         expect(ha).to.have.property('socketPath', hostnameThatEndsWithSock);
-        expect(ha).to.not.have.property('port');
-        expect(ha).to.not.have.property('host');
+        expect(ha).to.have.property('port', undefined);
+        expect(ha).to.have.property('host', undefined);
       });
 
       it('should set the host and port property on HostAddress even when hostname ends in .sock if there is a port number specified', () => {
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ describe('driver utils', function () {
         // the port number at the end of the hostname (even if it is the default)
         const hostnameThatEndsWithSockHasPort = 'iLoveJavascript.sock:27017';
         const ha = new HostAddress(hostnameThatEndsWithSockHasPort);
-        expect(ha).to.not.have.property('socketPath');
+        expect(ha).to.have.property('socketPath', undefined);
         expect(ha).to.have.property('host', 'iLoveJavascript.sock'.toLowerCase());
         expect(ha).to.have.property('port', 27017);
       });