diff --git a/nixos/modules/tests/private-storage.nix b/nixos/modules/tests/private-storage.nix
index e17f8b49dc9d9ea1a89da82a09e0e66692e763ae..89a63747f3ee6c2c5face50e82309a9849eb3ed8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tests/private-storage.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tests/private-storage.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ let
     # I thought we might need to statically asssign IPs but we can just use
     # the node names, "introducer", etc, instead.
     networking.firewall.enable = false;
+    networking.dhcpcd.enable = false;
   };
 in
 # https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#sec-nixos-tests