diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-s390x-22.s390.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-s390x-22.s390.fedoraproject.org
index 9741bf5d20..55f99f2f9e 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-s390x-22.s390.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-s390x-22.s390.fedoraproject.org
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ dns_search2: "fedoraproject.org"
 eth0_ipv4: 10.16.0.33
 eth0_ipv4_gw: 10.16.0.254
 eth0_ipv4_nm: 24
-eth0_mac: "{{ mac0 }}"
 has_ipv4: yes
 network_connections:
   - autoconnect: yes
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-s390x-23.s390.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-s390x-23.s390.fedoraproject.org
index 04c372beed..b4e3a7252d 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-s390x-23.s390.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/buildvm-s390x-23.s390.fedoraproject.org
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ dns_search2: "fedoraproject.org"
 eth0_ipv4: 10.16.0.34
 eth0_ipv4_gw: 10.16.0.254
 eth0_ipv4_nm: 24
-eth0_mac: "{{ mac0 }}"
 has_ipv4: yes
-mac0: 52:54:00:e1:13:8e
 network_connections:
   - autoconnect: yes
     ip:
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ network_connections:
         - "{{ dns_search1 }}"
         - "{{ dns_search2 }}"
       gateway4: "{{ eth0_ipv4_gw }}"
-    mac: "{{ eth0_mac }}"
+    mac: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4.macaddress }}"
     name: eth0
     state: up
     type: ethernet