diff --git a/roles/base/meta/main.yml b/roles/base/meta/main.yml
index 276c129815..4596e710b7 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 and datacenter != 'cloud', tags: ['linux-system-roles.network'] }
+    - { role: linux-system-roles.network, when: not 'aws' in group_names, tags: ['linux-system-roles.network'] }
     - { role: basessh }
     - { role: chrony }
     - { role: dnf-automatic }