diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/enabled.sls b/salt/elasticsearch/enabled.sls
index 48280c506..4699dfb1f 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/enabled.sls
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/enabled.sls
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ so-elasticsearch:
       {% endfor %}
     {% endif %}
     - environment:
-      {% if ELASTICSEARCH_SEED_HOSTS | length == 1 or GLOBALS.role == 'so-heavynode' %}
+      {% if (GLOBALS.role in GLOBALS.manager_roles and ELASTICSEARCH_SEED_HOSTS | length == 1) or GLOBALS.role == 'so-heavynode' %}
       - discovery.type=single-node
       {% endif %}
       - ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms{{ GLOBALS.elasticsearch.es_heap }} -Xmx{{ GLOBALS.elasticsearch.es_heap }} -Des.transport.cname_in_publish_address=true -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true