diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
index 1279256055..9bc04e2122 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/hypervisor-ironic
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ function cleanup_nova_hypervisor {
 
 # configure_nova_hypervisor - Set config files, create data dirs, etc
 function configure_nova_hypervisor {
-    configure_libvirt
+    if ! is_ironic_hardware; then
+        configure_libvirt
+    fi
     LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER=${LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER:-"nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver"}
 
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT compute_driver ironic.IronicDriver