diff --git a/acceptance/tests/facts/networking_facts.rb b/acceptance/tests/facts/networking_facts.rb
index 58162bf841..d6e674af66 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/facts/networking_facts.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/facts/networking_facts.rb
@@ -73,4 +73,21 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  # Verify that IP Address v6 and network v6 is retrieved correctly and does not contain the interface identifier
+  agents.each do |agent|
+    if agent['platform'] =~ /windows/
+      step("verify that ipaddress6 is retrieved correctly") do
+        on(agent, facter("ipaddress6")) do |facter_result|
+          assert_match(/^[a-fA-F0-9:]+$/, facter_result.stdout.chomp)
+        end
+      end
+
+      step("verify that network6 is retrieved correctly") do
+        on(agent, facter("network6")) do |facter_result|
+          assert_match(/([a-fA-F0-9:]+)?:([a-fA-F0-9:]+)?$/, facter_result.stdout.chomp)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/src/facts/windows/networking_resolver.cc b/lib/src/facts/windows/networking_resolver.cc
index 68524d3afa..bb600874ee 100644
--- a/lib/src/facts/windows/networking_resolver.cc
+++ b/lib/src/facts/windows/networking_resolver.cc
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ namespace facter { namespace facts { namespace windows {
                     bool ipv6 = it->Address.lpSockaddr->sa_family == AF_INET6;
 
                     binding b;
-                    b.address = addr;
+
+                    // IpAddress6 contains interface identifier, and should be removed when returning the ipaddress6
+                    b.address = ipv6 ? addr.substr(0, addr.find('%')) : addr;
 
                     // Need to do lookup based on the structure length.
                     auto adapterAddr = reinterpret_cast<IP_ADAPTER_UNICAST_ADDRESS_LH&>(*it);
@@ -181,6 +183,8 @@ namespace facter { namespace facts { namespace windows {
                         auto masked = mask_ipv6_address(it->Address.lpSockaddr, mask);
                         b.netmask = winsock.address_to_string(mask);
                         b.network = winsock.address_to_string(masked);
+                    // Network6 also contains the interface identifier, so it should be removed
+                        b.network = b.network.substr(0, b.network.find('%'));
                     } else {
                         auto mask = create_ipv4_mask(adapterAddr.OnLinkPrefixLength);
                         auto masked = mask_ipv4_address(it->Address.lpSockaddr, mask);