diff --git a/tests/role_deploy_domain_controller.pm b/tests/role_deploy_domain_controller.pm
index 3cd07473..cee17e8f 100644
--- a/tests/role_deploy_domain_controller.pm
+++ b/tests/role_deploy_domain_controller.pm
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ sub run {
     repo_setup() unless get_var("UPGRADE");
     # we need a lot of entropy for this, and we don't care how good
     # it is, so let's use haveged
-    assert_script_run 'dnf -y install haveged', 300;
-    assert_script_run 'systemctl start haveged.service';
+    unless (get_var("MODULAR")) {
+        assert_script_run 'dnf -y install haveged', 300;
+        assert_script_run 'systemctl start haveged.service';
+    }
     # read DNS server IPs from host's /etc/resolv.conf for passing to
     # rolectl
     my @forwards = get_host_dns();