diff --git a/playbooks/playbook.yml b/playbooks/playbook.yml
index cba26a8..862c9a7 100644
--- a/playbooks/playbook.yml
+++ b/playbooks/playbook.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
       ansible.builtin.include_role:
         name: amq_streams_exporter
         tasks_from: validate.yml
+      when:
+        - amq_streams_exporter_enabled is defined and amq_streams_exporter_enabled
 
     - name: "Ensures topics exist."
       ansible.builtin.include_role:
diff --git a/roles/amq_streams_exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/amq_streams_exporter/defaults/main.yml
index 4fe2e80..a423a32 100644
--- a/roles/amq_streams_exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/amq_streams_exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-#amq_streams_exporter_target_system: "{{ ansible_system | lower }}"
+amq_streams_exporter_enabled: True
 amq_streams_exporter_target_arch: "{{ ansible_architecture }}"
 amq_streams_exporter_version: 1.7.0
 amq_streams_exporter_download_base_url: 'https://github.com/danielqsj/kafka_exporter/releases/download/'