diff --git a/roles/tox/library/tox_parse_output.py b/roles/tox/library/tox_parse_output.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a77f11f7..000000000
--- a/roles/tox/library/tox_parse_output.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-
-# Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat
-#
-# This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this software.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-DOCUMENTATION = '''
----
-module: tox_parse_output
-short_description: Parses the output of tox looking for per-line comments
-author: Monty Taylor (@mordred)
-description:
-  - Looks for output from the tox command to find content that could be
-    returned as inline comments.
-requirements:
-  - "python >= 3.5"
-options:
-  tox_output:
-    description:
-      - Output from the tox command run
-    required: true
-    type: str
-'''
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-
-
-def extract_file_comments(tox_output):
-    ret = {}
-    for line in tox_output.split('\n'):
-        try:
-            if not line:
-                continue
-            if line[0].isspace():
-                continue
-            if ': ' not in line:
-                continue
-            (file_info, message) = line.split(': ', 1)
-            (file_path, start_line, start_char) = file_info.split(':')
-            if file_path.startswith('./'):
-                file_path = file_path[2:]
-            ret.setdefault(file_path, [])
-            ret[file_path].append(dict(line=int(start_line),
-                                       message=message))
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-    return ret
-
-
-def main():
-    module = AnsibleModule(
-        argument_spec=dict(
-            tox_output=dict(required=True, type='str'),
-        )
-    )
-    tox_output = module.params['tox_output']
-
-    file_comments = extract_file_comments(tox_output)
-    module.exit_json(changed=False, file_comments=file_comments)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
diff --git a/roles/tox/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/tox/tasks/main.yaml
index 3c4a7b017..b1f464fb8 100644
--- a/roles/tox/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/tox/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -36,26 +36,3 @@
     chdir: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}"
   environment: "{{ tox_environment|combine(tox_constraints_env|default({})) }}"
   command: "{{ tox_executable }} -e{{ tox_envlist }} {{ tox_extra_args }}"
-  failed_when: false
-  register: tox_output
-
-- name: Look for output
-  tox_parse_output:
-    tox_output: '{{ tox_output.stdout }}'
-  register: file_comments
-
-- name: Return file comments to Zuul
-  when: file_comments.file_comments
-  delegate_to: localhost
-  zuul_return:
-    data:
-      zuul:
-        file_comments: '{{ file_comments.file_comments }}'
-  tags:
-    # Avoid "no action detected in task" linter error
-    - skip_ansible_lint
-
-- name: Return tox status
-  fail:
-    msg: 'tox exited with return code {{ tox_output.rc }}'
-  when: tox_output.rc != 0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index d7feb5675..25adbc263 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 flake8
+zuul
 
 # We need to pin the ansible version directly here; per the
 # deprecation policy it should trail the version used by Zuul by 4
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index bcc1fd8fb..3e3dbdea7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ commands =
   sphinx-build -E -W -d doc/build/doctrees -b html doc/source/ doc/build/html
 
 [testenv:linters]
-deps =
-     # Zuul is required to supply the zuul ansible modules for ansible-lint
-     -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-     -egit+https://git.openstack.org/openstack-infra/zuul#egg=zuul
 passenv =
   # NOTE(pabelanger): if you'd like to run tox -elinters locally, you'll need
   # to export ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH pointing to the currect repos.