diff --git a/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go b/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go
index cf41e7afa4c1..87b14da0e77e 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/amifamily/resolver.go
@@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ func (r Resolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context, nodeTemplate *v1alpha1.AWSNodeTem
 				DetailedMonitoring:    aws.BoolValue(nodeTemplate.Spec.DetailedMonitoring),
 				AMIID:                 amiID,
 				InstanceTypes:         instanceTypes,
-				LicenseSpecifications: nodeTemplate.Spec.LicenseSpecifications,
-				Placement:             Placement{HostResourceGroupArn: nodeTemplate.Spec.Placement.HostResourceGroupArn},
 			}
 			if resolved.BlockDeviceMappings == nil {
 				resolved.BlockDeviceMappings = amiFamily.DefaultBlockDeviceMappings()
@@ -174,6 +172,12 @@ func (r Resolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context, nodeTemplate *v1alpha1.AWSNodeTem
 			if resolved.MetadataOptions == nil {
 				resolved.MetadataOptions = amiFamily.DefaultMetadataOptions()
 			}
+            if len(nodeTemplate.Spec.LicenseSpecifications) > 0 {
+				resolved.LicenseSpecifications = nodeTemplate.Spec.LicenseSpecifications
+            }
+            if nodeTemplate.Spec.Placement.HostResourceGroupArn != "" {
+				resolved.Placement = Placement{HostResourceGroupArn: nodeTemplate.Spec.Placement.HostResourceGroupArn}
+            }
 			resolvedTemplates = append(resolvedTemplates, resolved)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go b/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go
index 5dd5c839c625..3a639f99797c 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go
@@ -240,9 +240,7 @@ func (p *Provider) createLaunchTemplate(ctx context.Context, options *amifamily.
 				{ResourceType: aws.String(ec2.ResourceTypeNetworkInterface), Tags: utils.MergeTags(options.Tags)},
 			},
 			LicenseSpecifications: createLicenseSpecifications(options.LicenseSpecifications),
-			Placement: &ec2.LaunchTemplatePlacementRequest{
-				HostResourceGroupArn: aws.String(options.Placement.HostResourceGroupArn),
-			},
+			Placement:             createPlacement(&options.Placement),
 		},
 		TagSpecifications: []*ec2.TagSpecification{
 			{
@@ -277,6 +275,9 @@ func (p *Provider) generateNetworkInterface(options *amifamily.LaunchTemplate) [
 }
 
 func createLicenseSpecifications(licenseSpecifications []string) []*ec2.LaunchTemplateLicenseConfigurationRequest {
+	if len(licenseSpecifications) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
 	output := []*ec2.LaunchTemplateLicenseConfigurationRequest{}
 	for _, s := range licenseSpecifications {
 		output = append(output, &ec2.LaunchTemplateLicenseConfigurationRequest{LicenseConfigurationArn: aws.String(s)})
@@ -284,6 +285,15 @@ func createLicenseSpecifications(licenseSpecifications []string) []*ec2.LaunchTe
 	return output
 }
 
+func createPlacement(placement *amifamily.Placement) *ec2.LaunchTemplatePlacementRequest {
+	if placement == nil || placement.HostResourceGroupArn == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &ec2.LaunchTemplatePlacementRequest{
+		HostResourceGroupArn: aws.String(placement.HostResourceGroupArn),
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *Provider) blockDeviceMappings(blockDeviceMappings []*v1alpha1.BlockDeviceMapping) []*ec2.LaunchTemplateBlockDeviceMappingRequest {
 	if len(blockDeviceMappings) == 0 {
 		// The EC2 API fails with empty slices and expects nil.