diff --git a/playbooks/groups/virthost.yml b/playbooks/groups/virthost.yml
index 04acba7f41..8957dd9255 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/virthost.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/virthost.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
   - collectd/base
   - { role: iscsi_client, when: datacenter == "phx2" }
   - sudo
-  - { role: openvpn/client,
-      when: env != "staging" }
+  - { role: openvpn/client, when: datacenter != "phx2" }
 
   tasks:
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/yumrepos.yml"