diff --git a/.ci/ansible_install.py b/.ci/ansible_install.py
index 5ac008c4..906961db 100755
--- a/.ci/ansible_install.py
+++ b/.ci/ansible_install.py
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ batches = [
         'pip install '
             '-r tests/requirements.txt '
             '-r tests/ansible/requirements.txt',
-        # 'pip install -q ansible=={0}'.format(ci_lib.ANSIBLE_VERSION)
-        # ansible v2.10 isn't out yet so we're installing from github for now
         # encoding is required for installing ansible 2.10 with pip2, otherwise we get a UnicodeDecode error
-        'LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 pip install -q {}'.format(ci_lib.ANSIBLE_VERSION)
+        'LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 pip install -q ansible=={0}'.format(ci_lib.ANSIBLE_VERSION)
     ]
 ]
 
@@ -24,8 +22,3 @@ batches.extend(
 )
 
 ci_lib.run_batches(batches)
-
-# after ansible is installed, install common collections until ansible==2.10 comes out
-ci_lib.run('ansible-galaxy collection install community.general')
-ci_lib.run('ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.netcommon')
-ci_lib.run('ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix')
diff --git a/.ci/debops_common_install.py b/.ci/debops_common_install.py
index 157a3a4c..1ce94463 100755
--- a/.ci/debops_common_install.py
+++ b/.ci/debops_common_install.py
@@ -10,16 +10,9 @@ ci_lib.run_batches([
         # Must be installed separately, as PyNACL indirect requirement causes
         # newer version to be installed if done in a single pip run.
         'pip install "pycparser<2.19"',
-        # 'pip install -qqqU debops==0.7.2 ansible==%s' % ci_lib.ANSIBLE_VERSION,
-        # ansible v2.10 isn't out yet so we're installing from github for now
-        'pip install -qqqU debops==2.1.2 {}'.format(ci_lib.ANSIBLE_VERSION)
+        'pip install -qqqU debops==2.1.2 ansible==%s' % ci_lib.ANSIBLE_VERSION,
     ],
     [
         'docker pull %s' % (ci_lib.image_for_distro('debian'),),
     ],
 ])
-
-# after ansible is installed, install common collections until ansible==2.10 comes out
-ci_lib.run('ansible-galaxy collection install community.general')
-ci_lib.run('ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.netcommon')
-ci_lib.run('ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix')
diff --git a/.ci/localhost_ansible_install.py b/.ci/localhost_ansible_install.py
index 75d24c36..ddeb2ae1 100755
--- a/.ci/localhost_ansible_install.py
+++ b/.ci/localhost_ansible_install.py
@@ -7,20 +7,13 @@ batches = [
         # Must be installed separately, as PyNACL indirect requirement causes
         # newer version to be installed if done in a single pip run.
         # Separately install ansible based on version passed in from azure-pipelines.yml or .travis.yml
+        # Don't set -U as that will upgrade Paramiko to a non-2.6 compatible version.
         'pip install "pycparser<2.19" "idna<2.7" virtualenv',
         'pip install '
             '-r tests/requirements.txt '
             '-r tests/ansible/requirements.txt',
-        # 'pip install -q ansible=={}'.format(ci_lib.ANSIBLE_VERSION)
-        # ansible v2.10 isn't out yet so we're installing from github for now
-        # Don't set -U as that will upgrade Paramiko to a non-2.6 compatible version.
-        'pip install -q {}'.format(ci_lib.ANSIBLE_VERSION)
+        'pip install -q ansible=={}'.format(ci_lib.ANSIBLE_VERSION)
     ]
 ]
 
 ci_lib.run_batches(batches)
-
-# after ansible is installed, install common collections until ansible==2.10 comes out
-ci_lib.run('ansible-galaxy collection install community.general')
-ci_lib.run('ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.netcommon')
-ci_lib.run('ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.posix')