diff --git a/tripleoclient/utils.py b/tripleoclient/utils.py
index 31c7b3ba7..5b21451d0 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/utils.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/utils.py
@@ -574,6 +574,11 @@ def run_ansible_playbook(playbook, inventory, workdir, playbook_dir=None,
     env['ANSIBLE_TRANSPORT'] = connection
     env['ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT'] = 7200
 
+    # Set var handling for better performance
+    env['ANSIBLE_INJECT_FACT_VARS'] = False
+    env['ANSIBLE_VARS_PLUGIN_STAGE'] = 'inventory'
+    env['ANSIBLE_GATHER_SUBSET'] = '!all,min'
+
     if connection == 'local':
         env['ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER'] = sys.executable