diff --git a/roles/reproducer/tasks/libvirt_layout.yml b/roles/reproducer/tasks/libvirt_layout.yml
index be682d42d..b28c6c553 100644
--- a/roles/reproducer/tasks/libvirt_layout.yml
+++ b/roles/reproducer/tasks/libvirt_layout.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 # environment file, and filter on all known edpm node types.
 - name: Configure EDPM based nodes ctlplane network
   when:
+    - cifmw_edpm_deploy_pre_provisioned | default(true) | bool
     - >-
       (compute.key in (groups['computes'] | default([]))) or
       (compute.key in (groups['cephs'] | default([]))) or