diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/remote-zuul-stream/git/org_project/playbooks/command.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/remote-zuul-stream/git/org_project/playbooks/command.yaml
index ea3c92d8fb..83a4d334f2 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/config/remote-zuul-stream/git/org_project/playbooks/command.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/remote-zuul-stream/git/org_project/playbooks/command.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
 - hosts: all
   tasks:
-    # Create unwritable /tmp/console-None.log
-    # This ensures that no further task can write to it without failing.
-    # A task trying to write to /tmp/console-None.log is considered broken
-    # because zuul_log_id is missing.
-    - name: Create unwritable /tmp/console-None.log
-      file:
-        path: /tmp/console-None.log
-        state: touch
-        mode: 0444
-      # FIXME(tobiash): This is currently needed because the currently
-      # running zuul in OpenStack already shows this misbehavior and creates
-      # that file as root. So for now it is safe to ignore errors here.
-      # This should be removed once a fixed zuul is deployed.
-      failed_when: False
-
     - name: Start zuul_console daemon
       zuul_console:
     - name: Create first file
@@ -29,20 +14,3 @@
       command: "cat {{ ansible_user_dir }}/command_test_file1"
     - name: Show contents of second file
       command: "cat {{ ansible_user_dir }}/command_test_file2"
-
-    # Test a task with a handler
-    - name: Run a command with notifying a handler
-      command: /bin/true
-      notify: test handler
-
-  handlers:
-    - name: test handler
-      command: echo "This is a handler"
-
-- hosts: all
-  strategy: free
-  tasks:
-    - name: Command task 1 within free strategy
-      command: echo "First free task"
-    - name: Command task 2 within free strategy
-      command: echo "Second free task"
diff --git a/tests/remote/test_remote_zuul_stream.py b/tests/remote/test_remote_zuul_stream.py
index 6aefdc6b46..10f834445f 100644
--- a/tests/remote/test_remote_zuul_stream.py
+++ b/tests/remote/test_remote_zuul_stream.py
@@ -95,14 +95,11 @@ class TestZuulStream(AnsibleZuulTestCase):
                 'controller \| ok: Runtime: \d:\d\d:\d\d\.\d\d\d\d\d\d', text)
             self.assertLogLine('TASK \[Show contents of second file\]', text)
             self.assertLogLine('controller \| command test two', text)
-            self.assertLogLine('controller \| This is a handler', text)
-            self.assertLogLine('controller \| First free task', text)
-            self.assertLogLine('controller \| Second free task', text)
             self.assertLogLine(
                 'controller \| ok: Runtime: \d:\d\d:\d\d\.\d\d\d\d\d\d', text)
             self.assertLogLine('PLAY RECAP', text)
             self.assertLogLine(
-                'controller \| ok: \d+ changed: \d+ unreachable: 0 failed: 0',
+                'controller \| ok: 5 changed: \d unreachable: 0 failed: 0',
                 text)
             self.assertLogLine(
                 'RUN END RESULT_NORMAL: \[untrusted : review.example.com/'
diff --git a/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py b/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py
index 6c60ff62e1..9fdfca89cc 100644
--- a/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py
+++ b/zuul/ansible/callback/zuul_stream.py
@@ -210,9 +210,6 @@ class CallbackModule(default.CallbackModule):
 
         if self._play.strategy != 'free':
             task_name = self._print_task_banner(task)
-        else:
-            task_name = task.get_name().strip()
-
         if task.action in ('command', 'shell'):
             log_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
             task.args['zuul_log_id'] = log_id
@@ -236,9 +233,6 @@ class CallbackModule(default.CallbackModule):
                 streamer.start()
                 self._streamers.append(streamer)
 
-    def v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start(self, task):
-        self.v2_playbook_on_task_start(task, False)
-
     def _stop_streamers(self):
         self._streamers_stop = True
         while True:
diff --git a/zuul/ansible/library/command.py b/zuul/ansible/library/command.py
index 5a3538081e..3793881902 100755
--- a/zuul/ansible/library/command.py
+++ b/zuul/ansible/library/command.py
@@ -585,9 +585,6 @@ def main():
         module.warn("As of Ansible 2.4, the parameter 'executable' is no longer supported with the 'command' module. Not using '%s'." % executable)
         executable = None
 
-    if not zuul_log_id:
-        module.fail_json(rc=256, msg="zuul_log_id missing: %s" % module.params)
-
     if not args or args.strip() == '':
         module.fail_json(rc=256, msg="no command given")