diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_lookups/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_lookups/tasks/main.yml
index 89f9e3f886b..d5032083cf9 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_lookups/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_lookups/tasks/main.yml
@@ -162,10 +162,4 @@
 
 - name: set with_dict
   shell: echo "{{ item.key + '=' + item.value  }}"
-  register: keyval
   with_dict: "{{ mydict }}"
-
-- name: compare dict return
-  assert:
-    that:
-        - "keyval.stdout == 'mykey=myval'"
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_lookups/vars/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_lookups/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5338487676d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_lookups/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mydict:
+    mykey1: myval1
+    mykey2: myval2