diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
index fc4629703d8..32bd055c38e 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ kubelet_shutdown_grace_period: 60s
 kubelet_shutdown_grace_period_critical_pods: 20s
 
 # Whether to deploy the container engine
-deploy_container_engine: "{{ inventory_hostname in groups['k8s_cluster'] or etcd_deployment_type == 'docker' }}"
+deploy_container_engine: "{{ inventory_hostname in groups['k8s_cluster'] or etcd_deployment_type != 'host' }}"
 
 # Container for runtime
 container_manager: containerd