diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg b/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
index 7613c43d83..c853eadc7e 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/qa-stg
@@ -9,15 +9,6 @@ num_cpus: 1
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-qa,sysadmin-main,fi-apprentice
 
-# default virt install command is for a single nic-device
-# define in another group file for more nics (see buildvm)
-virt_install_command: /usr/bin/virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ mem_size }}
-                 --disk bus=virtio,path={{ volgroup }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}
-                 --vcpus={{ num_cpus }}  -l {{ ks_repo }} -x
-                 "ksdevice=eth0 ks={{ ks_url }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0 
-                  hostname={{ inventory_hostname }} nameserver={{ dns }} 
-                  ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none" 
-                 --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio --autostart --noautoconsole
 
 # this enables infrastructure-testing repo
 extra_enablerepos: 'infrastructure-testing'
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/qa-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/qa-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org
index c0651db376..4511d41fbb 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/qa-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/qa-stg01.qa.fedoraproject.org
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ vmhost: virthost-comm04.qa.fedoraproject.org
 datacenter: phx2
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-qa,sysadmin-main
 
+# default virt install command is for a single nic-device
+# define in another group file for more nics (see buildvm)
+virt_install_command: /usr/bin/virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ mem_size }}
+                 --disk bus=virtio,path={{ volgroup }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}
+                 --vcpus={{ num_cpus }}  -l {{ ks_repo }} -x
+                 "ksdevice=eth0 ks={{ ks_url }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0 
+                  hostname={{ inventory_hostname }} nameserver={{ dns }} 
+                  ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none
+                  net.ifnames=0"
+                 --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio --autostart --noautoconsole
 
 mariadb_root_password: "{{ qa_stg_mariadb_root_password }}"
 
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/qadevel.qa.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/qadevel.qa.fedoraproject.org
index e373372e40..bafac5b93a 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/qadevel.qa.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/qadevel.qa.fedoraproject.org
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ fas_client_groups: sysadmin-qa,sysadmin-main
 virt_install_command: /usr/bin/virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ mem_size }}
                  --disk bus=virtio,path={{ volgroup }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}
                  --vcpus={{ num_cpus }}  -l {{ ks_repo }} -x
-                 "ks={{ ks_url }} ip={{ eth0_ip }} netmask={{ nm }}
-                  gateway={{ gw }} dns={{ dns }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0
-                  hostname={{ inventory_hostname }}"
-                 --network=bridge=br0 --autostart --noautoconsole
+                 "ksdevice=eth0 ks={{ ks_url }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0 
+                  hostname={{ inventory_hostname }} nameserver={{ dns }} 
+                  ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none
+                  net.ifnames=0"
+                 --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio --autostart --noautoconsole
 
 mariadb_root_password: "{{ qadevel_mariadb_root_password }}"