diff --git a/pep8-requirements.txt b/linters-requirements.txt
similarity index 83%
rename from pep8-requirements.txt
rename to linters-requirements.txt
index db2e90a2f..877d40a45 100644
--- a/pep8-requirements.txt
+++ b/linters-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # pep8 and flake8 requirements
 
+ansible-lint < 4           # MIT
 flake8==2.5.5              # MIT
 flake8-import-order==0.12  # LGPLv3
 mypy>=0.740                # MIT
diff --git a/playbooks/tobiko-devstack-pre-run.yaml b/playbooks/tobiko-devstack-pre-run.yaml
index e2b2fbcb9..6c7f7b00c 100644
--- a/playbooks/tobiko-devstack-pre-run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/tobiko-devstack-pre-run.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
       register: found_repos
 
     - name: Copy Zuul repos into devstack working directory
-      command: rsync -a {{ item.path }} /opt/stack
+      synchronize:
+        src: "{{ item.path }}"
+        dest: /opt/stack
+        use_ssh_args: true
+        recursive: true
       with_items: '{{ found_repos.files }}'
       become: yes
 
diff --git a/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/config.yaml b/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/config.yaml
index c36ec93df..74a40c7f7 100644
--- a/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/config.yaml
+++ b/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/config.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
         option: '{{ item.option }}'
         value: '{{ item.value }}'
         owner: root
-        mode: '644'
+        mode: '0644'
       loop: "{{ tobiko_conf_options }}"
diff --git a/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/output.yaml b/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/output.yaml
index c1dd02924..0b8497331 100644
--- a/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/output.yaml
+++ b/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/output.yaml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
         path: "{{ item | realpath }}"
         state: directory
         owner: '{{ tobiko_user }}'
-        mode: '755'
+        mode: '0755'
       loop: "{{ tobiko_output_dirs | unique }}"
diff --git a/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/tools.yaml b/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/tools.yaml
index 6a1a084f2..f6a21d25c 100644
--- a/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/tools.yaml
+++ b/roles/tobiko/tasks/pre-run/tools.yaml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 ---
 
 - name: "Check Python command '{{ python_command }}'"
-  shell: "{{ python_command }} --version"
+  command: "{{ python_command }} --version"
 
 
 - name: "Check Python command version is '{{ python_version }}'"
-  shell: |
+  command: |
       {{ python_command }} '{{ tobiko_dir }}/tools/ci/python_version' \
         --check-prefix
 
 
 - name: "Check Tox command: '{{ tox_command }}'"
-  shell:
+  command:
     chdir: "{{ tox_dir }}"
     cmd: "{{ tox_command }} --version"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 54e335dc0..f4618bd53 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 
-envlist = pep8,pylint,py37,py27,docs
+envlist = linters,py37,docs
 minversion = 2.3.2
 
 
@@ -58,23 +58,29 @@ whitelist_externals =
 
 # --- static analisys environments -------------------------------------------
 
-[testenv:pep8]
 
-commands = flake8 --max-complexity 10
+[testenv:pep8]
 deps =
     {[testenv]deps}
-    -r{toxinidir}/pep8-requirements.txt
-
-
-[testenv:pylint]
-
-envdir = {toxworkdir}/pep8
-deps = {[testenv:pep8]deps}
+    -r{toxinidir}/linters-requirements.txt
 commands =
+    flake8 --max-complexity 10
+
+
+[testenv:linters]
+whitelist_externals = bash
+deps = {[testenv:pep8]deps}
+envdir = {toxworkdir}/pep8
+commands =
+    {[testenv:pep8]commands}
+    mypy --py2 --ignore-missing-imports tobiko/
+    bash -c 'find roles -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d | \
+             xargs -t -n1 ansible-lint -xANSIBLE0012'
+    bash -c 'find playbooks -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type f -name '*.yaml' | \
+             xargs -t -n1 ansible-lint -xANSIBLE0012'
     pylint -j0 --max-line-length=80 -E -e W,E \
         -d unused-import,broad-except,fixme tobiko
 
-
 [flake8]
 # H106: Don't put vim configuration in source files
 # H203: Use assertIs(Not)None to check for None
@@ -88,12 +94,6 @@ exclude = ./.*,*lib/python*,build,dist,doc,*egg*,releasenotes,.venv
 import-order-style = pep8
 
 
-[testenv:mypy]
-deps = {[testenv:pep8]deps}
-commands =
-    mypy --py2 --ignore-missing-imports tobiko/
-
-
 # --- integration test environments ------------------------------------------
 
 [openstack]
diff --git a/zuul.d/mypy.yaml b/zuul.d/mypy.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d5e6b825b..000000000
--- a/zuul.d/mypy.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-- job:
-    name: tobiko-tox-mypy
-    parent: openstack-tox
-    description: |
-      Run static mypy type checker for Tobiko project.
-    vars:
-      tox_envlist: mypy
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index 8f1e5b8cc..b9e8715e6 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 - project:
     templates:
+      - ansible-role-jobs
       - build-openstack-docs-pti
       - docs-on-readthedocs
       - openstack-cover-jobs
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
       - openstack-python35-jobs
       - openstack-python36-jobs
       - openstack-python37-jobs
+      - openstack-python-jobs
       - publish-to-pypi
       - build-release-notes-jobs-python3
     vars:
@@ -14,9 +16,6 @@
 
     check:
       jobs:
-        - openstack-tox-pylint
-        - tobiko-tox-mypy
-
         - tobiko-devstack-functional
         - tobiko-devstack-scenario
         - tobiko-devstack-faults-centos-7
@@ -30,8 +29,3 @@
         - tobiko-devstack-ovn-faults-centos-7
         - tobiko-devstack-ovn-faults-centos-7-queens
         - tobiko-devstack-ovn-faults-ubuntu-bionic
-
-    gate:
-      jobs:
-        - openstack-tox-pylint
-        - tobiko-tox-mypy