diff --git a/templates/packer/worker.pkr.hcl b/templates/packer/worker.pkr.hcl
index 80df3ff58..944b7989c 100644
--- a/templates/packer/worker.pkr.hcl
+++ b/templates/packer/worker.pkr.hcl
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ source "amazon-ebs" "image_builder" {
   ami_users = "${var.image_users}"
 
   # Network configuration for the instance building our image.
-  associate_public_ip_address = true
   ssh_interface = "public_ip"
 
   skip_create_ami=var.skip_create_ami