diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 0022dc57..ff8ea4b7 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 ## Verbosity Options
 debug: False
 
-stestr_executable: "{{ _stestr_executable | default('stestr') }}"
-
 # Install openstack tempest
 # set the tempest_install_method to source or distro
 # on choosing source it will install from git or venv
diff --git a/tasks/tempest_run.yml b/tasks/tempest_run.yml
index 05a8ce00..a0417a34 100644
--- a/tasks/tempest_run.yml
+++ b/tasks/tempest_run.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       then
       . {{ tempest_venv_bin }}/activate
       fi
-      tempest run {% if tempest_run_concurrency is defined %}{% if tempest_run_concurrency | int > 0 %}--concurrency {{ tempest_run_concurrency | int }}{% else %}--serial{% endif %}{% endif %} --whitelist-file {{ tempest_test_whitelist_file_path }}{% if tempest_test_blacklist | length > 0 %} --blacklist-file {{ tempest_test_blacklist_file_path }}{% endif %}
+      tempest run {% if tempest_run_concurrency is defined %}{% if tempest_run_concurrency | int > 0 %}--concurrency {{ tempest_run_concurrency | int }}{% else %}--serial{% endif %}{% endif %} --whitelist-file {{ tempest_test_whitelist_file_path }}{% if tempest_test_blacklist | length > 0 %} --blacklist-file {{ tempest_test_blacklist_file_path }}{% endif %} --subunit > {{ tempest_log_dir }}/testrepository.subunit
     args:
       chdir: "{{ tempest_workspace }}"
       executable: /bin/bash
@@ -31,29 +31,6 @@
       # don't trigger ANSIBLE0013
       - skip_ansible_lint
 
-  always:
-  - name: Generate raw subunit results
-    # Despite not using testrepository, we leave the output filename as
-    # testrepository.subunit as the OpenStack Health dashboard relies on
-    # subunit files with this particular name.
-    # NOTE(mattt): At present we're not placing this file in a valid location
-    # to be used by the OpenStack Health dashboard.
-    shell: |
-      set -e
-      if [ -d {{ tempest_venv_bin }} ];
-      then
-      . {{ tempest_venv_bin }}/activate
-      fi
-      {{ stestr_executable }} last --subunit > {{ tempest_log_dir }}/testrepository.subunit
-    args:
-      chdir: "{{ tempest_workspace }}"
-      executable: /bin/bash
-    changed_when: false
-    failed_when: false
-    tags:
-      # don't trigger ANSIBLE0013
-      - skip_ansible_lint
-
   - name: Generate xml subunit results
     shell: |
       set -e
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index 77e1a426..6b8dcb9f 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 ## APT Cache options
 cache_timeout: 600
 
-_stestr_executable: "{{ (tempest_install_method == 'distro') | ternary('testr', 'stestr') }}"
-
 tempest_distro_packages:
   - git-core
   - libxslt1.1           # required by the python module unittest2