diff --git a/playbooks/internal_facts.yml b/playbooks/internal_facts.yml
index 9938c1900..5b7bc689c 100644
--- a/playbooks/internal_facts.yml
+++ b/playbooks/internal_facts.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
     - name: Gather and compute network facts
       import_role:
         name: network_facts
+      tags:
+        - always
     - name: Gather minimal facts
       setup:
         gather_subset: '!all'
diff --git a/roles/network_facts/defaults/main.yml b/roles/network_facts/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdd2aea54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/network_facts/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+# Additional string host to inject into NO_PROXY
+additional_no_proxy: ""
+additional_no_proxy_list: "{{ additional_no_proxy | split(',') }}"
+no_proxy_exclude_workers: false
diff --git a/roles/network_facts/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/network_facts/tasks/main.yaml
index 2460a982e..27aa6180b 100644
--- a/roles/network_facts/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/network_facts/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,41 +1,63 @@
 ---
-- name: Set facts variables
-  tags:
-    - always
-  block:
-    - name: Gather node IPs
-      setup:
-        gather_subset: '!all,!min,network'
-        filter: "ansible_default_ip*"
-      when: ansible_default_ipv4 is not defined or ansible_default_ipv6 is not defined
-      ignore_unreachable: true
+- name: Gather node IPs
+  setup:
+    gather_subset: '!all,!min,network'
+    filter: "ansible_default_ip*"
+  when: ansible_default_ipv4 is not defined or ansible_default_ipv6 is not defined
+  ignore_unreachable: true
 
-    - name: Set computed IPs varables
-      vars:
-        fallback_ip: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4.address | d('127.0.0.1') }}"
-        fallback_ip6: "{{ ansible_default_ipv6.address | d('::1') }}"
-        # Set 127.0.0.1 as fallback IP if we do not have host facts for host
-        # ansible_default_ipv4 isn't what you think.
-        _ipv4: "{{ ip | default(fallback_ip) }}"
-        _access_ipv4: "{{ access_ip | default(_ipv4) }}"
-        _ipv6: "{{ ip6 | default(fallback_ip6) }}"
-        _access_ipv6: "{{ access_ip6 | default(_ipv6) }}"
-        _access_ips:
-          - "{{ _access_ipv4 if ipv4_stack }}"
-          - "{{ _access_ipv6 if ipv6_stack }}"
-        _ips:
-          - "{{ _ipv4 if ipv4_stack }}"
-          - "{{ _ipv6 if ipv6_stack }}"
-      set_fact:
-        cacheable: true
-        main_access_ip: "{{ _access_ipv4 if ipv4_stack else _access_ipv6 }}"
-        main_ip: "{{ _ipv4 if ipv4_stack else _ipv6  }}"
-        # Mixed IPs - for dualstack
-        main_access_ips: "{{ _access_ips | select }}"
-        main_ips: "{{ _ips | select }}"
+- name: Set computed IPs variables
+  vars:
+    fallback_ip: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4.address | d('127.0.0.1') }}"
+    fallback_ip6: "{{ ansible_default_ipv6.address | d('::1') }}"
+    # Set 127.0.0.1 as fallback IP if we do not have host facts for host
+    # ansible_default_ipv4 isn't what you think.
+    _ipv4: "{{ ip | default(fallback_ip) }}"
+    _access_ipv4: "{{ access_ip | default(_ipv4) }}"
+    _ipv6: "{{ ip6 | default(fallback_ip6) }}"
+    _access_ipv6: "{{ access_ip6 | default(_ipv6) }}"
+    _access_ips:
+      - "{{ _access_ipv4 if ipv4_stack }}"
+      - "{{ _access_ipv6 if ipv6_stack }}"
+    _ips:
+      - "{{ _ipv4 if ipv4_stack }}"
+      - "{{ _ipv6 if ipv6_stack }}"
+  set_fact:
+    cacheable: true
+    main_access_ip: "{{ _access_ipv4 if ipv4_stack else _access_ipv6 }}"
+    main_ip: "{{ _ipv4 if ipv4_stack else _ipv6  }}"
+    # Mixed IPs - for dualstack
+    main_access_ips: "{{ _access_ips | select }}"
+    main_ips: "{{ _ips | select }}"
 
-    - name: Set no_proxy
-      import_tasks: no_proxy.yml
-      when:
-        - http_proxy is defined or https_proxy is defined
-        - no_proxy is not defined
+- name: Set no_proxy to all assigned cluster IPs and hostnames
+  when:
+    - http_proxy is defined or https_proxy is defined
+    - no_proxy is not defined
+  vars:
+    groups_with_no_proxy:
+      - kube_control_plane
+      - "{{ '' if no_proxy_exclude_workers else 'kube_node' }}" # TODO: exclude by a boolean in inventory rather than global variable
+      - etcd
+      - calico_rr
+    hosts_with_no_proxy: "{{ groups_with_no_proxy | select | map('extract', groups) | select('defined') | flatten }}"
+    _hostnames: "{{ (hosts_with_no_proxy +
+                      (hosts_with_no_proxy | map('extract', hostvars, morekeys=['ansible_hostname'])
+                      | select('defined')))
+                    | unique }}"
+    no_proxy_prepare:
+      - "{{ apiserver_loadbalancer_domain_name | d('') }}"
+      - "{{ loadbalancer_apiserver.address if loadbalancer_apiserver is defined else '' }}"
+      - "{{ hosts_with_no_proxy | map('extract', hostvars, morekeys=['main_access_ip']) }}"
+      - "{{ _hostnames }}"
+      - "{{ _hostnames | map('regex_replace', '$', '.' + dns_domain ) }}"
+      - "{{ additional_no_proxy_list }}"
+      - 127.0.0.1
+      - localhost
+      - "{{ kube_service_subnets }}"
+      - "{{ kube_pods_subnets }}"
+      - svc
+      - "svc.{{ dns_domain }}"
+  set_fact:
+    no_proxy: "{{ no_proxy_prepare | select | flatten | unique | join(',') }}"
+  run_once: true
diff --git a/roles/network_facts/tasks/no_proxy.yml b/roles/network_facts/tasks/no_proxy.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b2ad83d3d..000000000
--- a/roles/network_facts/tasks/no_proxy.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Set no_proxy to all assigned cluster IPs and hostnames
-  set_fact:
-    # noqa: jinja[spacing]
-    no_proxy_prepare: >-
-      {%- if loadbalancer_apiserver is defined -%}
-      {{ apiserver_loadbalancer_domain_name }},
-      {{ loadbalancer_apiserver.address | default('') }},
-      {%- endif -%}
-      {%- if no_proxy_exclude_workers | default(false) -%}
-      {% set cluster_or_control_plane = 'kube_control_plane' %}
-      {%- else -%}
-      {% set cluster_or_control_plane = 'k8s_cluster' %}
-      {%- endif -%}
-      {%- for item in (groups[cluster_or_control_plane] + groups['etcd'] | default([]) + groups['calico_rr'] | default([])) | unique -%}
-      {{ hostvars[item]['main_access_ip'] }},
-      {%- if item != hostvars[item].get('ansible_hostname', '') -%}
-      {{ hostvars[item]['ansible_hostname'] }},
-      {{ hostvars[item]['ansible_hostname'] }}.{{ dns_domain }},
-      {%- endif -%}
-      {{ item }},{{ item }}.{{ dns_domain }},
-      {%- endfor -%}
-      {%- if additional_no_proxy is defined -%}
-      {{ additional_no_proxy }},
-      {%- endif -%}
-      127.0.0.1,localhost,{{ kube_service_subnets }},{{ kube_pods_subnets }},svc,svc.{{ dns_domain }}
-  delegate_to: localhost
-  connection: local
-  delegate_facts: true
-  become: false
-  run_once: true
-
-- name: Populates no_proxy to all hosts
-  set_fact:
-    no_proxy: "{{ hostvars.localhost.no_proxy_prepare | select }}"
-    # noqa: jinja[spacing]
-    proxy_env: "{{ proxy_env | combine({
-        'no_proxy': hostvars.localhost.no_proxy_prepare,
-        'NO_PROXY': hostvars.localhost.no_proxy_prepare
-      }) }}"
diff --git a/tests/files/rockylinux10-cilium.yml b/tests/files/rockylinux10-cilium.yml
index afead2a9c..c83ef88ac 100644
--- a/tests/files/rockylinux10-cilium.yml
+++ b/tests/files/rockylinux10-cilium.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,21 @@ kube_owner: root
 # Node Feature Discovery
 node_feature_discovery_enabled: true
 kube_asymmetric_encryption_algorithm: "ECDSA-P256"
+
+# Testing no_proxy setup
+# The proxy is not intended to be accessed at all, we're only testing
+# the no_proxy construction
+https_proxy: "http://some-proxy.invalid"
+http_proxy: "http://some-proxy.invalid"
+additional_no_proxy_list:
+  - github.com
+  - githubusercontent.com
+  - k8s.io
+  - rockylinux.org
+  - docker.io
+  - googleapis.com
+  - quay.io
+  - pkg.dev
+  - amazonaws.com
+  - cilium.io
+skip_http_proxy_on_os_packages: true