diff --git a/roles/chrony/templates/chrony.conf.j2 b/roles/chrony/templates/chrony.conf.j2
index c8628c1014..96ce222b6c 100644
--- a/roles/chrony/templates/chrony.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/chrony/templates/chrony.conf.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # setup our servers
-{% if datacenter == 'phx2' %}
+{% if datacenter == 'phx2' and not ansible_hostname.startswith('bastion') %}
 server bastion01.phx2.fedoraproject.org iburst
 server bastion02.phx2.fedoraproject.org iburst
 {% elif datacenter == 'cloud'  and not ansible_hostname.startswith('cloud-noc') %}