diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOVF.py b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOVF.py
index 08a205f1f24..5257a53494d 100644
--- a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOVF.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceOVF.py
@@ -360,8 +360,7 @@ def _get_data(self):
if contents:
break
if contents:
- read_network = ('com.vmware.guestInfo' == name)
- (md, ud, cfg) = read_ovf_environment(contents, read_network)
+ (md, ud, cfg) = read_ovf_environment(contents, True)
self.environment = contents
if 'network-config' in md and md['network-config']:
self._network_config = md['network-config']
diff --git a/doc/sources/ovf/example/ovf-env.xml b/doc/sources/ovf/example/ovf-env.xml
index 4ef4ee63c8b..e5f4e262fe8 100644
--- a/doc/sources/ovf/example/ovf-env.xml
+++ b/doc/sources/ovf/example/ovf-env.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@