diff --git a/etc/kayobe/inventory/group_vars/seed-hypervisor/proxy.yml b/etc/kayobe/inventory/group_vars/seed-hypervisor/proxy.yml
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+---
+###############################################################################
+# Configuration of HTTP(S) proxies.
+
+# The default value whilst only applied if `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` are set
+# will not work as the conditional fails to evaluate if the seed node does not exist.
+# This makes the `seed-hypervisor` reliant on the seed node.
+no_proxy: []
+
+###############################################################################
+# Dummy variable to allow Ansible to accept this file.
+workaround_ansible_issue_8743: yes