diff --git a/facts/Vagrantfile b/facts/Vagrantfile
index e519bedd..9417bc56 100644
--- a/facts/Vagrantfile
+++ b/facts/Vagrantfile
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
     host.vm.box = 'generic/rhel8'
     host.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant'
     host.vm.provision 'file', source: 'Gemfile', destination: 'Gemfile'
-    host.vm.provision 'shell', inline: 'sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0'
     host.vm.provision 'shell', path: 'get_facts.sh'
     host.vm.provision 'shell', inline: '/sbin/shutdown -h now'
   end
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
     host.vm.box = 'generic/rhel9'
     host.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant'
     host.vm.provision 'file', source: 'Gemfile', destination: 'Gemfile'
-    host.vm.provision 'shell', inline: 'sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0'
     host.vm.provision 'shell', path: 'get_facts.sh'
     host.vm.provision 'shell', inline: '/sbin/shutdown -h now'
   end
diff --git a/facts/get_facts.sh b/facts/get_facts.sh
index 5d15dbf4..690ad548 100755
--- a/facts/get_facts.sh
+++ b/facts/get_facts.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 export PATH=/opt/puppetlabs/bin:$PATH
 
+# ensure IPv6 is always enabled, some boxes disable it by default, e.g. Fedora and RedHat
+sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0
+
 puppetAgentVersionList='/vagrant/versions.txt'
 if test ! -f $puppetAgentVersionList; then
   echo 'Missing version list' >&2