diff --git a/tests/templates/globals-default.j2 b/tests/templates/globals-default.j2
index 1a435795e3..1eb62f6922 100644
--- a/tests/templates/globals-default.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/globals-default.j2
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ ceph_pool_pgp_num: 8
 # This is experimental feature, disable if gate fail.
 # In multinode jobs without ceph rolling upgrade fails.
 glance_enable_rolling_upgrade: "yes"
-{% else %}
-# NOTE(yoctozepto): in case ceph is *not* used, we have to use the ansible node (primary)
-# to avoid random errors due to inventory randomness in Zuul (YAML format)
-# because we use primary as the API endpoint and there is currently no HAProxy in CI
-# and the default behavior is to pick the "first" node (issue affects only multinode)
-glance_api_hosts: ["{{ inventory_hostname }}"]
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if scenario == "cinder-lvm" %}