diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/main.yml
index ae2fbd1808..87ccb8f180 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - include: port_checks.yml
   when:
-    - inventory_hostname in groups['control'] or
-      inventory_hostname in groups['network'] or
-      inventory_hostname in groups['compute'] or
-      inventory_hostname in groups['monitoring']
+    - inventory_hostname not in groups['deployment']
 
 - include: service_checks.yml