diff --git a/locals.tf b/locals.tf
index 745539e1..07a31f24 100644
--- a/locals.tf
+++ b/locals.tf
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 
 locals {
   disk_device_name              = "sdb"
-  enable_active_active          = var.node_count >= 2
   enable_airgap                 = var.airgap_url == null && var.tfe_license_bootstrap_airgap_package_path != null
-  enable_external               = var.operational_mode == "external" || local.enable_active_active
+  enable_external               = var.operational_mode == "external" || var.operational_mode == "active-active"
   enable_database_module        = local.enable_external
-  enable_disk                   = var.operational_mode == "disk" && !local.enable_active_active
+  enable_disk                   = var.operational_mode == "disk"
   enable_networking_module      = var.network == null
   enable_object_storage_module  = local.enable_external
-  enable_redis_module           = local.enable_active_active
+  enable_redis_module           = var.operational_mode == "active-active"
   service_networking_connection = try(module.networking[0].service_networking_connection, { network = var.network })
   subnetwork                    = try(module.networking[0].subnetwork, { self_link = var.subnetwork })
 
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 37e58dcb..87f939c4 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module "networking" {
 
   count = local.enable_networking_module ? 1 : 0
 
-  enable_active_active     = local.enable_active_active
+  enable_active_active     = var.operational_mode == "active-active"
   is_replicated_deployment = var.is_replicated_deployment
   namespace                = var.namespace
   subnet_range             = var.networking_subnet_range
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ module "runtime_container_engine_config" {
   disk_path                   = local.enable_disk ? var.disk_path : null
   iact_subnets                = join(",", var.iact_subnet_list)
   iact_time_limit             = var.iact_subnet_time_limit
-  operational_mode            = local.enable_active_active ? "active-active" : var.operational_mode
+  operational_mode            = var.operational_mode
   run_pipeline_image          = var.run_pipeline_image
   tfe_image                   = var.tfe_image
   tfe_license                 = var.hc_license
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ module "tfe_init_fdo" {
   distribution      = var.distribution
   disk_path         = var.disk_path
   disk_device_name  = local.disk_device_name
-  operational_mode  = local.enable_active_active ? "active-active" : var.operational_mode
+  operational_mode  = var.operational_mode
   custom_image_tag  = var.custom_image_tag
   enable_monitoring = var.enable_monitoring
 
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ module "settings" {
 
   # Replicated Base Configuration
   hostname                                  = local.common_fqdn
-  enable_active_active                      = local.enable_active_active
   tfe_license_bootstrap_airgap_package_path = var.tfe_license_bootstrap_airgap_package_path
   tfe_license_file_location                 = var.tfe_license_file_location
   tls_bootstrap_cert_pathname               = var.tls_bootstrap_cert_pathname
@@ -360,11 +359,11 @@ module "vm_mig" {
       name = "https"
       port = 443
     }],
-    local.enable_active_active && !var.is_replicated_deployment ? [{
+    var.operational_mode == "active-active" && !var.is_replicated_deployment ? [{
       name = "vault"
       port = 8201
     }] : [],
-    !local.enable_active_active && var.is_replicated_deployment ? [{
+    !(var.operational_mode == "active-active") && var.is_replicated_deployment ? [{
       name = "console"
       port = 8800
     }] : []
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index a0f9755e..f957c9d7 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -440,12 +440,12 @@ variable "usage_reporting_opt_out" {
 
 variable "operational_mode" {
   default     = "external"
-  description = "A special string to control the operational mode of Terraform Enterprise. Valid values are: 'external' for External Services mode; 'disk' for Mounted Disk mode;."
+  description = "A special string to control the operational mode of Terraform Enterprise. Valid values are: 'external', 'disk' and 'active-active'."
   type        = string
 
   validation {
-    condition     = contains(["external", "disk"], var.operational_mode)
-    error_message = "The operational_mode value must be one of: 'external'; 'disk';."
+    condition     = contains(["external", "disk", "active-active"], var.operational_mode)
+    error_message = "The operational_mode value must be one of: 'external', 'disk' or 'active-active'."
   }
 }