diff --git a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
index 59844872d8..e2a0284492 100644
--- a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 - ini_file: dest=/etc/nova/nova.conf section=DEFAULT option=vnc_enabled value=True
   notify:
     - restart openstack-nova-compute
-  when: 'ppc' not in ansible_hostname
+  when: not 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