diff --git a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
index e2a0284492..f0317edd76 100644
--- a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@
   notify:
     - restart openstack-nova-compute
   when: not inventory_hostname.startswith('fed-cloud-ppc')
+- ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=DEFAULT option=vnc_enabled value=False
+  notify:
+    - restart openstack-nova-compute
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('fed-cloud-ppc')
 - ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=DEFAULT option=vncserver_listen value=0.0.0.0
   notify:
     - restart openstack-nova-compute