diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le
index 6beae2377b..c2dc887482 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dns: 10.3.163.33
 dns_search1: iad2.fedoraproject.org
 dns_search2: fedoraproject.org
 eth0_ipv4_gw: 10.3.171.254
-
+external: false
 ks_repo: http://10.3.163.35/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/39/Server/ppc64le/os/
 ks_url: http://10.3.163.35/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-fedora
 lvm_size: 102400  # 100 GB
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging
index 384d039ee6..0d70f1f6f7 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dns: 10.3.163.33
 dns_search1: iad2.fedoraproject.org
 dns_search2: fedoraproject.org
 eth0_ipv4_gw: 10.3.171.254
-
+external: false
 ks_repo: http://10.3.163.35/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/39/Server/ppc64le/os/
 ks_url: http://10.3.163.35/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-fedora
 lvm_size: 102400  # 100 GB