diff --git a/roles/base/meta/main.yml b/roles/base/meta/main.yml
index 05198d659a..41924cd769 100644
--- a/roles/base/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 dependencies:
-    - { role: linux-system-roles.network, when: network_connections is defined, tags: ['linux-system-roles.network'] }
+    - { role: linux-system-roles.network, when: network_connections is defined and datacenter != 'aws', tags: ['linux-system-roles.network'] }
     - { role: basessh }
     - { role: chrony }
     - { role: dnf-automatic }