diff --git a/docs/ansible.md b/docs/ansible.md
index 5ba791e76883f409ce70858aa48aacd233c3ad2a..ad088ec0a6dd42f0c4a6db257a9016760d9803cd 100644
--- a/docs/ansible.md
+++ b/docs/ansible.md
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ virtualenv  --python=$(which python3) $VENVDIR
 source $VENVDIR/bin/activate
 cd $KUBESPRAYDIR
 pip install -U -r requirements-$ANSIBLE_VERSION.txt
-test -f requirements-$ANSIBLE_VERSION.yml && \
-  ansible-galaxy role install -r requirements-$ANSIBLE_VERSION.yml && \
-  ansible-galaxy collection -r requirements-$ANSIBLE_VERSION.yml
 ```
 
 ### Ansible Python Compatibility
diff --git a/tests/scripts/testcases_prepare.sh b/tests/scripts/testcases_prepare.sh
index de36f492fc913d2f5399e98118865f3861b232b9..ff27561a445383a77d5bc8fd6fda6932bb84dba3 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/testcases_prepare.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/testcases_prepare.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,3 @@ mkdir -p /.ssh
 mkdir -p cluster-dump
 mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh
 ansible-playbook --version
-
-# in some cases we may need to bring in collections or roles from ansible-galaxy
-# to compensate for missing functionality in older ansible versions
-if [ -f requirements-${ANSIBLE_MAJOR_VERSION}.yml ] ; then
-  ansible-galaxy role install -r requirements-${ANSIBLE_MAJOR_VERSION}.yml
-  ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements-${ANSIBLE_MAJOR_VERSION}.yml
-fi