diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 885c2cb6c..ac56c37ed 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 pbr>=1.6
-ansible
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9d4fb9852..a38b8946e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:linters]
 deps =
+    {[testenv:mol]deps}
     -r {toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
     -r {toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 commands =
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ commands =
 # python versions like pyenv ones
 basepython=python
 deps =
+    ansible
     ansi2html
     docker>=3.7
     pytest