diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index bf2e80c1d1..d4a4151d52 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@
         - zuul-tox-docs
         - tox-pep8
         - tox-py35:
-            pre-run: playbooks/fix-tox.yaml
             irrelevant-files:
               - zuul/cmd/migrate.py
               - playbooks/zuul-migrate/.*
@@ -262,7 +261,6 @@
         - zuul-tox-docs
         - tox-pep8
         - tox-py35:
-            pre-run: playbooks/fix-tox.yaml
             irrelevant-files:
               - zuul/cmd/migrate.py
               - playbooks/zuul-migrate/.*
diff --git a/playbooks/fix-tox.yaml b/playbooks/fix-tox.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f786d9bb69..0000000000
--- a/playbooks/fix-tox.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-- hosts: all
-  pre_tasks:
-    - name: Fix importlib-resources
-      become: true
-      shell: |
-        pip3 install --upgrade importlib-resources==1.0.2
-      args:
-        executable: /bin/bash