diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/arm-packager b/inventory/group_vars/arm-packager
index ae76668253..592beeebc9 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/arm-packager
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/arm-packager
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ freezes: false
 sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/arm-packager-sudoers"
 sudoers_main: nopasswd
 host_group: cloud
+ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/arm-qa b/inventory/group_vars/arm-qa
index 8525c4f6b5..0b11f8386b 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/arm-qa
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/arm-qa
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/arm-qa-sudoers"
 sudoers_main: nopasswd
 libdir: /usr/lib
 host_group: cloud
+ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr b/inventory/group_vars/copr
index 1fac101933..6f8229cc74 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ postfix_maincf: "postfix/main.cf/main.cf.copr"
 
 frontend_base_url: "https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org"
 dist_git_base_url: "copr-dist-git.fedorainfracloud.org"
+
+ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr-stg b/inventory/group_vars/copr-stg
index 73b14177b1..cf00b925c5 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr-stg
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ postfix_maincf: "postfix/main.cf/main.cf.copr"
 
 frontend_base_url: "http://copr-fe-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org"
 dist_git_base_url: "copr-dist-git-dev.fedorainfracloud.org"
+
+ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openstack-compute b/inventory/group_vars/openstack-compute
index dde4d96fa3..6c4d2498c6 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openstack-compute
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openstack-compute
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 host_group: openstack-compute
 nrpe_procs_warn: 900
 nrpe_procs_crit: 1000
+ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true 
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/artboard.fedorainfracloud.org b/inventory/host_vars/artboard.fedorainfracloud.org
index d2949c8069..1be38be6c9 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/artboard.fedorainfracloud.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/artboard.fedorainfracloud.org
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ keypair: fedora-admin-20130801
 security_group: ssh-anywhere-persistent,web-80-anywhere-persistent,default,web-443-anywhere-persistent
 zone: nova
 tcp_ports: [22, 80, 443]
+ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true 
 
 inventory_tenant: persistent
 inventory_instance_name: artboard
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org
index 49f6920dda..591e9a6819 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ root_auth_users:  msuchy
 nrpe_procs_warn: 900
 nrpe_procs_crit: 1000
 host_group: openstack-compute
+ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true 
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/lists-dev.fedorainfracloud.org b/inventory/host_vars/lists-dev.fedorainfracloud.org
index f608e3a18f..ceb44414d4 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/lists-dev.fedorainfracloud.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/lists-dev.fedorainfracloud.org
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ hostbase: lists-dev
 public_ip: 209.132.184.180
 root_auth_users: abompard
 description: lists development work
+ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true 
 
 cloud_networks:
   # persistent-net