diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e0b056..06e8a82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ All variables which can be overridden are stored in [defaults/main.yml](defaults
 | `besu_systemd_state` | restarted | The default option for the systemd service state |
 | `besu_identity` | ___unset___  | Configuration of Identity in the Client ID |
 | `besu_host_ip` | "" | The host IP that Besu uses for the P2P network. This specifies the host on which P2P listens |
-| `besu_default_ip` | "{{ default(ansible_host) \| default('127.0.0.1') }}" | The fallback default for `besu_host_ip` |
 | `besu_max_peers` | ___unset___ | The maximum number of P2P connections you can establish |
 | `besu_network` | mainnet | The network that this node will join. Other values are 'ropsten', 'rinkeby', 'goerli', 'classic', 'mordor', 'kotti', 'dev' and 'custom' |
 | `besu_genesis_path` | ___unset___ | The path to the genesis file, only valid when `besu_network` is `custom` |
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 56f19cb..c157693 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ besu_launchd_dir: /Library/LaunchAgents
 
 # Besu config
 besu_host_ip: ""
-besu_default_ip: "127.0.0.1"
 besu_network: mainnet
 besu_sync_mode: FAST
 besu_p2p_port: 30303
diff --git a/tasks/network.yml b/tasks/network.yml
index b225a5b..447a664 100644
--- a/tasks/network.yml
+++ b/tasks/network.yml
@@ -1,69 +1,21 @@
 ---
-- name: Get the default ipv4 address
+- name: Get the default ipv4 address - and set this as the default fallback 
   set_fact:
-    besu_default_ip: >-
+    besu_host_ip: >-
       {{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_default_ipv4']['address'] if
       hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_default_ipv4']['address'] is
       defined else '127.0.0.1' }}
-    besu_aws_public_ip: ""
-    besu_gcp_public_ip: ""
-    besu_azure_public_ip: ""
-
-- name: Check if running on AWS
-  uri:
-    url: http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-ipv4
-    method: GET
-    return_content: yes
-    status_code: 200
-  register: aws_public_ip_output
-  ignore_errors: True
-
-- name: Set the host ip if we are in AWS
-  set_fact:
-    besu_host_ip: "{{ aws_public_ip_output.content }}"
-  when: aws_public_ip_output.status == 200
-
-- name: Check if running on Azure
+    
+- name: Fetch public IP 
   uri:
-    url: http://169.254.169.254/metadata/instance/network/interface/0/ipv4/ipAddress/0/publicIpAddress?api-version=2017-08-01&format=text
+    url: http://ifconfig.me/ip
     method: GET
-    headers:
-      Metadata: true
     return_content: yes
     status_code: 200
-  register: azure_public_ip_output
+  register: besu_public_ip_output
   ignore_errors: True
-  when: ( aws_public_ip_output.status != 200 )
-
-- name: Set the host ip if we are in Azure
-  set_fact:
-    besu_host_ip: "{{ azure_public_ip_output.content }}"
-  when: ( aws_public_ip_output.status != 200 ) and
-    ( azure_public_ip_output.status == 200 )
-
-- name: Check if running on GCP
-  uri:
-    url: http://169.254.169.254/computeMetadata/v1/instance/network-interfaces/0/access-configs/0/external-ip
-    method: GET
-    headers:
-      Metadata-Flavor: Google
-    return_content: yes
-    status_code: 200
-  register: gcp_public_ip_output
-  ignore_errors: True
-  when: ( aws_public_ip_output.status != 200 ) and
-    ( azure_public_ip_output.status != 200 )
-
-- name: Set the host ip if we are in GCP
-  set_fact:
-    besu_host_ip: "{{ gcp_public_ip_output.content }}"
-  when: ( aws_public_ip_output.status != 200 ) and
-    ( azure_public_ip_output.status != 200 ) and
-    ( gcp_public_ip_output == 200 )
 
-- name: Fallback to the ansible default ip
+- name: Set the host ip
   set_fact:
-    besu_host_ip: "{{ besu_default_ip }}"
-  when: ( aws_public_ip_output.status != 200 ) and
-    ( azure_public_ip_output.status != 200 ) and
-    ( gcp_public_ip_output != 200 )
+    besu_host_ip: "{{ besu_public_ip_output.content }}"
+  when: besu_public_ip_output.status == 200