diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/cloud b/inventory/group_vars/cloud
index 4af9dfb55f..daa307cee8 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/cloud
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/cloud
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ nagios_Check_Services:
   nrpe: false
   swap: false
 datacenter: cloud
+ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/graphite.fedorainfracloud.org b/inventory/host_vars/graphite.fedorainfracloud.org
index fe4636c635..68d349a3a9 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/graphite.fedorainfracloud.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/graphite.fedorainfracloud.org
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+ansible_ifcfg_blacklist: true
 instance_type: m1.large
 image: "{{ fedora23_x86_64 }}"
 keypair: fedora-admin-20130801