diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/known_addons.go b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/known_addons.go
index 87504296de..9f51a73302 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/known_addons.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/known_addons.go
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ var KnownAddons = map[string]struct {
 	},
 }
 
-// HasDefaultAddons reports whether addons contains at least one default addon.
-func HasDefaultAddons(addons []*Addon) bool {
+// HasDefaultNonAutoAddon reports whether addons contains at least one non-auto mode default addon
+func HasDefaultNonAutoAddon(addons []*Addon) bool {
 	for _, addon := range addons {
 		addonConfig, ok := KnownAddons[addon.Name]
-		if ok && addonConfig.IsDefault {
+		if ok && addonConfig.IsDefault && !addonConfig.IsDefaultAutoMode {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/configfile.go b/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/configfile.go
index f7128d2193..7394d4ed15 100644
--- a/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/configfile.go
+++ b/pkg/ctl/cmdutils/configfile.go
@@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ func NewCreateClusterLoader(cmd *Cmd, ngFilter *filter.NodeGroupFilter, ng *api.
 				return errors.New("creation of managed or self-managed nodegroups is not supported during cluster creation " +
 					"when Auto Mode is enabled; please create them post cluster creation using `eksctl create nodegroup`" +
 					" after creating core networking addons in the cluster")
-			}
-			if api.HasDefaultAddons(clusterConfig.Addons) {
+			} else if len(clusterConfig.FargateProfiles) == 0 && clusterConfig.RemoteNetworkConfig == nil &&
+				api.HasDefaultNonAutoAddon(clusterConfig.Addons) {
+				// Only an error if fargate profiles and hybrid nodes (remote network config) are not set/defined
 				return errors.New("core networking addons are not required on a cluster using Auto Mode; " +
 					"if you still wish to create them, use `eksctl create addon` post cluster creation")
 			}