diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/neutron.pp b/manifests/profile/base/neutron.pp
index 5edf519dd..cae8cb3b0 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/neutron.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/neutron.pp
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@
 #   of available agents.
 #   Defaults to hiera('neutron_dhcp_short_node_names') or []
 #
-# [*designate_api_enabled*]
-#   (Optional) Indicate whether Designate is available in the deployment.
-#   Defaults to hiera('designate_api_enabled') or false
-#
 # [*container_cli*]
 #   (Optional) A container CLI to be used with the wrapper
 #   tooling to manage containers controled by Neutron/OVN
@@ -109,7 +105,6 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::neutron (
   $oslomsg_notify_use_ssl  = hiera('oslo_messaging_notify_use_ssl', '0'),
   $dhcp_agents_per_network = undef,
   $dhcp_nodes              = hiera('neutron_dhcp_short_node_names', []),
-  $designate_api_enabled   = hiera('designate_api_enabled', false),
   $container_cli           = hiera('container_cli', 'docker'),
 ) {
   if $step >= 3 {
@@ -160,9 +155,5 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::neutron (
     }
     include ::neutron::config
     include ::neutron::logging
-
-    if $designate_api_enabled {
-      include ::neutron::designate
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/neutron/server.pp b/manifests/profile/base/neutron/server.pp
index 33e76e383..e772c1f78 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/neutron/server.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/neutron/server.pp
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
 #   enable_internal_tls is set.
 #   defaults to 9696
 #
+# [*designate_api_enabled*]
+#   (Optional) Indicate whether Designate is available in the deployment.
+#   Defaults to hiera('designate_api_enabled') or false
+#
 class tripleo::profile::base::neutron::server (
   $bootstrap_node                = hiera('neutron_api_short_bootstrap_node_name', undef),
   $certificates_specs            = hiera('apache_certificates_specs', {}),
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::neutron::server (
   $tls_proxy_bind_ip             = undef,
   $tls_proxy_fqdn                = undef,
   $tls_proxy_port                = 9696,
+  $designate_api_enabled   = hiera('designate_api_enabled', false),
 ) {
   if $::hostname == downcase($bootstrap_node) {
     $sync_db = true
@@ -130,6 +135,9 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::neutron::server (
       }
       Tripleo::Tls_proxy['neutron-api'] ~> Anchor<| title == 'neutron::service::begin' |>
     }
+    if $designate_api_enabled {
+      include ::neutron::designate
+    }
   }
   # We start neutron-server on the bootstrap node first, because
   # it will try to populate tables and we need to make sure this happens