diff --git a/playbooks/pti-python-tarball/pre.yaml b/playbooks/pti-python-tarball/pre.yaml
index b708d3a686..21b5e87e79 100644
--- a/playbooks/pti-python-tarball/pre.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/pti-python-tarball/pre.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 - hosts: all
   roles:
-    - bindep
+    # We use ensure-pip to make sure the wheel module is installed
     - ensure-pip
-    - ensure-tox
     - revoke-sudo
 
diff --git a/playbooks/python-branch-tarball/post.yaml b/playbooks/python-branch-tarball/post.yaml
index d7f508c960..a175d6405b 100644
--- a/playbooks/python-branch-tarball/post.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/python-branch-tarball/post.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 - hosts: all
   roles:
-    - fetch-tox-output
     - fetch-python-sdist-output
 
   pre_tasks: