diff --git a/playbooks/groups/maintainer-test.yml b/playbooks/groups/maintainer-test.yml
index e9c22d321d..8626b5f0b6 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/maintainer-test.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/maintainer-test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
   roles:
   - base
-  - rkhunter
+  - {role: rkhunter, when: not inventory_hostname.startswith('el9')}
   - hosts
   - nagios_client
   - openvpn/client