diff --git a/cookbooks/fb_dnf/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/fb_dnf/recipes/default.rb
index 42e6bbb27..953a26c46 100644
--- a/cookbooks/fb_dnf/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/fb_dnf/recipes/default.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
   notifies :run, 'whyrun_safe_ruby_block[clean chef yum metadata]', :immediately
 end
 
-fb_dnf_modularity 'manage modularity'
+fb_dnf_modularity 'manage modularity' do
+  not_if { node['fb_dnf']['modules'].empty? }
+end
 
 include_recipe 'fb_dnf::packages'