diff --git a/roles/network/tasks/install.yml b/roles/network/tasks/install.yml
index ebdf5a080..8ac1b8cc6 100644
--- a/roles/network/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/network/tasks/install.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: Install dnsmasq -- configure LATER in 'network', after Stage 9
   include_tasks: roles/network/tasks/dnsmasq.yml    # Invoked by 1-prep (so full path needed)
 
-- name: Install package networkd-dispatcher (OS's other than RasPiOS)
+- name: Install package networkd-dispatcher (OS's other than RasPiOS and Linux Mint)
   package:
     name: networkd-dispatcher    # 15kB download: Dispatcher service for systemd-networkd connection status changes
     state: present
diff --git a/roles/network/tasks/netplan.yml b/roles/network/tasks/netplan.yml
index 8a772d214..8af6b807c 100644
--- a/roles/network/tasks/netplan.yml
+++ b/roles/network/tasks/netplan.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
   register: netplan
   #ignore_errors: True # pre 17.10 doesn't use netplan
 
+# 2022-07-23: PR #3319 "Ubuntu variants [all] use NetworkManager as the backend
+# for use with netplan and ship with systemd-networkd present but disabled"
+- name: "Force default 'systemd_networkd_active: False' -- nec b/c network/default/main.yml is omitted when 1-prep directly invokes network/tasks/install.yml"
+  set_fact:
+    systemd_networkd_active: False
+
 # 2022-07-22: Copied from detected_network.yml (REMOVE DUPLICATE CODE LATER?!)
 - name: "Set 'systemd_networkd_active: True' if local_facts.systemd_networkd confirms"
   set_fact:
diff --git a/roles/network/tasks/sysd-netd-debian.yml b/roles/network/tasks/sysd-netd-debian.yml
index 3c0b3d875..35aa0b6b0 100644
--- a/roles/network/tasks/sysd-netd-debian.yml
+++ b/roles/network/tasks/sysd-netd-debian.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     enabled: yes
     masked: no
 
-- name: Enable & Restart networkd-dispatcher.service
+- name: Enable & Restart networkd-dispatcher.service except for Linux Mint
   systemd:
     name: networkd-dispatcher
     state: restarted