diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 756f7ff4..1ba00c5a 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -9624,6 +9624,9 @@ function intrusion_detection {
   if grep -Fxq "intrusion_detection" $COMPLETION_FILE; then
       return
   fi
+  if [[ $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_MESH" ]]; then
+      return
+  fi
   apt-get -y install tripwire
   apt-get -y autoremove
   cd /etc/tripwire