diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/iad2 b/inventory/group_vars/iad2
index defe7ff423..18ada9cf1f 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/iad2
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/iad2
@@ -12,7 +12,3 @@ nagios_Check_Services:
   swap: false
   ping: false
   raid: false
-
-# we need to set the group priority here so this group 'wins' over the 'virthosts'
-# group and we can override values from that.
-ansible_group_priority: 10
diff --git a/inventory/inventory b/inventory/inventory
index 2bceecf3b7..691d13647b 100644
--- a/inventory/inventory
+++ b/inventory/inventory
@@ -1296,3 +1296,6 @@ vmhost-x86-04.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 vmhost-x86-05.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 vmhost-x86-06.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 vmhost-x86-07.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+
+[iad2:vars]
+ansible_group_priority=10