diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5c1d7bfa..947f5654 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -137,11 +137,9 @@ deps =
 commands =
     {[testenv:ansible]commands}
     ansible-playbook -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory \
-                     -e "install_test_packages=True" \
                      -e @{toxinidir}/tests/swift-overrides.yml \
                      {toxinidir}/tests/test.yml -vvvv
     ansible-playbook -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory \
-                     -e "install_test_packages=True" \
                      -e @{toxinidir}/tests/swift-overrides.yml \
                      {toxinidir}/tests/test-swift-functional.yml -vvvv
     {[testenv:func_logs]commands}
@@ -161,12 +159,10 @@ deps =
 commands =
     {[testenv:ansible]commands}
     ansible-playbook -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory \
-                     -e "install_test_packages=True" \
                      -e @{toxinidir}/tests/swift-overrides.yml \
                      -e "swift_pypy_enabled=True" \
                      {toxinidir}/tests/test.yml -vvvv
     ansible-playbook -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory \
-                     -e "install_test_packages=True" \
                      -e @{toxinidir}/tests/swift-overrides.yml \
                      -e "swift_pypy_enabled=True" \
                      {toxinidir}/tests/test-swift-functional.yml -vvvv
@@ -189,7 +185,6 @@ commands =
     # Setup the host and Region A
     # NB we run against swift_all only since region B hosts don't exist yet.
     ansible-playbook -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory_MR_A \
-                     -e "install_test_packages=True" \
                      -e "swift_do_setup=True" \
                      -e "swift_do_sync=False" \
                      -e "swift_groups='swift_all'" \
@@ -197,24 +192,20 @@ commands =
                      {toxinidir}/tests/test.yml -vvvv
     # Setup region B Swift only and sync rings.
     ansible-playbook -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory_MR_B \
-                     -e "install_test_packages=True" \
                      -e @{toxinidir}/tests/swift-overrides-MR-B.yml \
                      {toxinidir}/tests/common/test-install-swift.yml -vvvv
     # Sync rings from region A
     ansible-playbook -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory_MR_A \
-                     -e "install_test_packages=True" \
                      -e "swift_do_setup=False" \
                      -e "swift_do_sync=True" \
                      -e @{toxinidir}/tests/swift-overrides-MR-A.yml \
                      {toxinidir}/tests/common/test-install-swift.yml -vvvv
     # Run functional tests against region A
     ansible-playbook -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory_MR_A \
-                     -e "install_test_packages=True" \
                      -e @{toxinidir}/tests/swift-overrides-MR-A.yml \
                      {toxinidir}/tests/test-swift-functional.yml -vvvv
     # Run functional tests against region B
     ansible-playbook -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory_MR_B \
-                     -e "install_test_packages=True" \
                      -e @{toxinidir}/tests/swift-overrides-MR-B.yml \
                      {toxinidir}/tests/test-swift-functional.yml -vvvv
     {[testenv:func_logs]commands}