diff --git a/nodepool/nodepool.py b/nodepool/nodepool.py
index 5d9175eed..37aef7ec5 100644
--- a/nodepool/nodepool.py
+++ b/nodepool/nodepool.py
@@ -943,8 +943,7 @@ class NodePool(threading.Thread):
             p.rate = provider.get('rate', 1.0)
             p.boot_timeout = provider.get('boot-timeout', 60)
             p.use_neutron = bool(provider.get('networks', ()))
-            if p.use_neutron:
-                p.nics = provider.get('networks')
+            p.nics = provider.get('networks')
             p.images = {}
             for image in provider['images']:
                 i = ProviderImage()