diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97e045512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+exclude_paths:
+  - playbooks/legacy
+parseable: true
+# [ANSIBLE0012] Commands should not change things if nothing needs doing
+# [204] Lines should be no longer than 160 chars
+skip_list:
+  - ANSIBLE0012
+  - '204'
+use_default_rules: true
+verbosity: 1
diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 527c86f6b..000000000
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
-# see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
-
-# Need to build cryptography for installing ansible-lint
-build-essential [platform:dpkg]
-gcc [platform:rpm]
-libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
-openssl [platform:brew]
-openssl-devel [platform:rpm]
-libffi [platform:brew]
-libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
-libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
-python-dev [platform:dpkg]
-python-devel [platform:rpm !platform:centos-8]
-python3-devel [platform:centos-8]
-libre2-dev [compile test platform:dpkg]
-libre2-1v5 [platform:ubuntu-xenial]
-libre2-3 [platform:debian-stretch]
-libre2-4 [platform:ubuntu-bionic]
-# re2, re2-devel on centos 7/8 comes from EPEL which is not enabled by default
-re2-devel [compile test platform:rpm !platform:centos]
-re2-dev [platform:apk]
-re2 [platform:rpm platform:apk platform:brew !platform:centos !platform:opensuse]
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index d7b880850..2e3e93fb6 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 flake8
-zuul; python_version > "3"
 
 # 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/tests/fake-ansible/library/zuul_console.py b/tests/fake-ansible/library/zuul_console.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7fc8477c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fake-ansible/library/zuul_console.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This is a fake zuul_return to make ansible-lint happy
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+
+def main():
+    return AnsibleModule()
diff --git a/tests/fake-ansible/library/zuul_return.py b/tests/fake-ansible/library/zuul_return.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48f8c9155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fake-ansible/library/zuul_return.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This is a fake zuul_return to make ansible-lint happy
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+
+def main():
+    return AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            data=dict(default=None),
+            path=dict(default=None, type=str),
+            file=dict(default=None, type=str),
+        )
+    )
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e1930438d..b10fad675 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -35,18 +35,14 @@ passenv =
   # see openstack-zuul-jobs-linters job for more information.
   ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH
 setenv =
-  ANSIBLE_LIBRARY= {envsitepackagesdir}/zuul/ansible/base/library
-  ANSIBLE_ACTION_PLUGINS = {envsitepackagesdir}/zuul/ansible/base/actiongeneral
+  ANSIBLE_LIBRARY= {toxinidir}/tests/fake-ansible
 whitelist_externals = bash
 commands =
   flake8 {posargs}
-  # Ansible lint
-  # [ANSIBLE0012] Commands should not change things if nothing needs doing
-  # [204] Lines should be no longer than 160 chars
   bash -c "find playbooks -type f -regex '.*.ya?ml' ! -regex '.*vars\/.*' -print0 | \
-    xargs -t -n1 -0 ansible-lint -xANSIBLE0012,204"
+    xargs -t -n1 -0 ansible-lint"
   bash -c 'find roles -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -printf "%p/\n" | \
-    xargs -t -n1 ansible-lint -xANSIBLE0012,204'
+    xargs -t -n1 ansible-lint'
   # Ansible Syntax Check
   bash -c "find playbooks -type f -regex '.*.ya?ml' ! -regex '.*vars\/.*' -exec \
     ansible-playbook --syntax-check -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory \{\} + > /dev/null"