diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index c68dcee..cc20efe 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0644
+  when: '"molecule" not in group_names'
 
 - lineinfile:
     path: /etc/hosts
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0644
+  when: '"molecule" not in group_names'
 # - name: Copy cni networking driver config into place
 #   blockinfile:
 #     name: "/etc/cni/net.d/podman.conflist"