diff --git a/roles/_init/tasks/main.yml b/roles/_init/tasks/main.yml
index ac996f250..93cf3e4ad 100644
--- a/roles/_init/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/_init/tasks/main.yml
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
     - current_play_dir_md5 == previous_play_dir_md5
     - not _init.force_play
     - not _ce_provision_force_play
+    - not is_local
 
 - name: Include vars directories.
   ansible.builtin.include_vars:
diff --git a/roles/debian/nodejs/defaults/main.yml b/roles/debian/nodejs/defaults/main.yml
index f53b7afd0..74ca44913 100644
--- a/roles/debian/nodejs/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/nodejs/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ nodejs:
   apt_origin_yarn: "origin=yarn,codename=stable,label=yarn-stable" # yarn repo
   apt_signed_by_yarn: https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg
   version: 22.x # LTS - see https://nodejs.dev/en/about/releases/
-  start_corepack: false
+  start_corepack: false # corepack is shipped with nodejs and enables a core set of packages
   npm_packages: []
   #npm_packages:
   #  - name: coffee-script # required