diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/ceph_all.yml b/inventory/group_vars/ceph_all.yml
index 761c4a5791..25f7febb42 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/ceph_all.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/ceph_all.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,8 @@ ceph_container_bind_mounts:
 # combine any ceph_conf_overrides with other RGW specific overrides.
 ceph_conf_overrides_custom: {}
 ceph_conf_overrides: "{{ (ceph_conf_overrides_rgw | default({})) | combine(ceph_conf_overrides_custom, recursive=True) }}"
+
+# Disable the NFS gateway PPA and package install by default as it is not
+# needed.
+nfs_file_gw: False
+nfs_obj_gw: False