diff --git a/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/default_cleanup.yml b/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/default_cleanup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2265c093db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/default_cleanup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- name: remove unwanted packages
+  package:
+    name: git
+    state: absent
+  when: git_install.changed
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/freebsd_cleanup.yml b/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/freebsd_cleanup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa224d830de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/freebsd_cleanup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- name: remove auto-installed packages from FreeBSD
+  pkgng:
+    name: git
+    state: absent
+    autoremove: yes
+  when: git_install.changed
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/main.yml
index d796d13b816..20e84d79438 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,18 +20,13 @@
 
     - include_tasks: pip.yml
   always:
-    - name: remove unwanted packages
-      package:
-        name: git
-        state: absent
-      when: git_install.changed
-
-    - name: remove auto-installed packages from FreeBSD
-      pkgng:
-        name: git
-        state: absent
-        autoremove: yes
-      when: git_install.changed and ansible_distribution == "FreeBSD"
+    - name: platform specific cleanup
+      include_tasks: "{{ cleanup_filename }}"
+      with_first_found:
+        - "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}_cleanup.yml"
+        - "default_cleanup.yml"
+      loop_control:
+        loop_var: cleanup_filename
   when: ansible_fips|bool != True
   module_defaults:
     pip: