diff --git a/openvidu-deployment/community/singlenode/gcp/tf-gpc-openvidu-singlenode.tf b/openvidu-deployment/community/singlenode/gcp/tf-gpc-openvidu-singlenode.tf
index ebedbcb50..6d471f3c0 100644
--- a/openvidu-deployment/community/singlenode/gcp/tf-gpc-openvidu-singlenode.tf
+++ b/openvidu-deployment/community/singlenode/gcp/tf-gpc-openvidu-singlenode.tf
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ locals {
 resource "google_compute_instance" "openvidu_server" {
   name         = lower("${var.stackName}-vm-ce")
   machine_type = var.instanceType
-  zone         = var.zone
 
   tags = [lower("${var.stackName}-vm-ce")]
 
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ resource "google_compute_instance" "openvidu_server" {
 
   metadata = {
     # metadata values are accessible from the instance
-    publicIpAddress           = google_compute_address.public_ip_address[0].address
+    publicIpAddress           = coalesce(var.publicIpAddress, google_compute_address.public_ip_address[0].address)
     region                    = var.region
     stackName                 = var.stackName
     certificateType           = var.certificateType
diff --git a/openvidu-deployment/community/singlenode/gcp/variables.tf b/openvidu-deployment/community/singlenode/gcp/variables.tf
index a5d830e15..e371bf1d1 100644
--- a/openvidu-deployment/community/singlenode/gcp/variables.tf
+++ b/openvidu-deployment/community/singlenode/gcp/variables.tf
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ variable "region" {
   default     = "europe-west1"
 }
 
-variable "zone" {
-  description = "GCP zone that some resources will use."
-  type        = string
-  default     = "europe-west1-b"
-}
-
 variable "stackName" {
   description = "Stack name for OpenVidu deployment."
   type        = string