diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/builders b/inventory/group_vars/builders
index 7f68629a4c..ae614adfdb 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/builders
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/builders
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+external: false
 # nagios items
 # We don't use nrpe to check any of the builders
 # Nor do we check swap there.
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/builders_stg b/inventory/group_vars/builders_stg
index 7f68629a4c..ae614adfdb 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/builders_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/builders_stg
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+external: false
 # nagios items
 # We don't use nrpe to check any of the builders
 # Nor do we check swap there.