diff --git a/devserver/ansible/inventory.yaml b/devserver/ansible/inventory.yaml
index 72fadac..14c1562 100644
--- a/devserver/ansible/inventory.yaml
+++ b/devserver/ansible/inventory.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 ---
 # Static inventory for the devICT dev server.
-#
-# The `ansible_host` value can be populated from Terraform output:
-#   ansible_host: $(cd ../terraform && terraform output -raw droplet_ipv4)
-#
-# Or run with an override:
-#   ansible-playbook -i 'devict-devserver,$(terraform output -raw droplet_ipv4),' playbook.yaml
 
 all:
   vars:
@@ -14,5 +8,5 @@ all:
     devserver:
       hosts:
         devict-devserver:
-          # TODO: set ansible_host to the droplet IP, e.g. ansible_host: 203.0.113.10
-          ansible_host: "{{ lookup('env', 'DEVSERVER_IP') }}"
+          # Resolve the droplet IP from terraform output
+          ansible_host: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'cd ' ~ inventory_dir ~ '/../terraform && terraform output -raw droplet_ipv4') }}"
diff --git a/devserver/ansible/playbook.yaml b/devserver/ansible/playbook.yaml
index 871e635..8dfca67 100644
--- a/devserver/ansible/playbook.yaml
+++ b/devserver/ansible/playbook.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
     - common
     - docker
     - infisical
-    # - services   # TODO: uncomment once services/<name>/compose.yaml is wired up
+    - svc-events
diff --git a/devserver/terraform/outputs.tf b/devserver/terraform/outputs.tf
index 6dce5e5..1b876d6 100644
--- a/devserver/terraform/outputs.tf
+++ b/devserver/terraform/outputs.tf
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ output "droplet_id" {
 }
 
 output "droplet_ipv4" {
-  description = "Public IPv4 address of the dev server. Use this for Ansible inventory: env var DEVSERVER_IP."
+  description = "Public IPv4 address of the dev server. Pulled in by ansible"
   value       = digitalocean_droplet.devserver.ipv4_address
 }