diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-partition-bios-ipmi-direct-coreos-src/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-partition-bios-ipmi-direct-coreos-src/run.yaml
index 888f6d53d..d76929428 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-partition-bios-ipmi-direct-coreos-src/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-partition-bios-ipmi-direct-coreos-src/run.yaml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"USE_SUBNETPOOL=False"
 
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_VM_COUNT=1"
-
+          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"LIBVIRT_NIC_DRIVER=e1000"
           # Ensure the ironic-vars-EARLY file exists
           touch ironic-vars-early
           # Pull in the EARLY variables injected by the optional builders
diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-partition-bios-ipmi-iscsi-coreos-src/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-partition-bios-ipmi-iscsi-coreos-src/run.yaml
index dc1365944..a6b559c57 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-partition-bios-ipmi-iscsi-coreos-src/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-partition-bios-ipmi-iscsi-coreos-src/run.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"USE_SUBNETPOOL=False"
 
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_VM_COUNT=1"
-
+          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"LIBVIRT_NIC_DRIVER=e1000"
           # Ensure the ironic-vars-EARLY file exists
           touch ironic-vars-early
           # Pull in the EARLY variables injected by the optional builders
diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-wholedisk-bios-ipmi-direct-coreos-src/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-wholedisk-bios-ipmi-direct-coreos-src/run.yaml
index 58039dc2a..49a60bad6 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-wholedisk-bios-ipmi-direct-coreos-src/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-wholedisk-bios-ipmi-direct-coreos-src/run.yaml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"USE_SUBNETPOOL=False"
 
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_VM_COUNT=1"
-
+          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"LIBVIRT_NIC_DRIVER=e1000"
           # Ensure the ironic-vars-EARLY file exists
           touch ironic-vars-early
           # Pull in the EARLY variables injected by the optional builders
diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-wholedisk-bios-ipmi-iscsi-coreos-src/run.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-wholedisk-bios-ipmi-iscsi-coreos-src/run.yaml
index a27cb45ed..59e0a8d55 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-wholedisk-bios-ipmi-iscsi-coreos-src/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/ipa-tempest-dsvm-wholedisk-bios-ipmi-iscsi-coreos-src/run.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"USE_SUBNETPOOL=False"
 
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_VM_COUNT=1"
-
+          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"LIBVIRT_NIC_DRIVER=e1000"
           # Ensure the ironic-vars-EARLY file exists
           touch ironic-vars-early
           # Pull in the EARLY variables injected by the optional builders