diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffb8f17f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+exclude_paths:
+  - playbooks/legacy
+parseable: true
+# [301] Commands should not change things if nothing needs doing
+# [306] shells with pipe should use pipe
+skip_list:
+  - '301'
+  - '306'
+use_default_rules: true
+verbosity: 1
diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 116e2bac..00000000
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
-# see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
-
-libffi-devel [test platform:rpm]
-libffi-dev [test platform:dpkg]
-libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
-openssl-devel [platform:rpm]
-python3-dev [compile test platform:dpkg platform:apk]
-python3-devel [compile test platform:rpm]
-libre2-dev [compile test platform:dpkg]
-libre2-4 [platform:ubuntu-bionic]
-libre2-3 [platform:debian-stretch]
-libre2-1v5 [platform:ubuntu-xenial]
-re2-devel [compile test platform:rpm]
-re2-dev [platform:apk]
-re2 [platform:rpm platform:apk]
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 7620e1a6..eccd3da6 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 hacking>=2.0.0,<2.1 # Apache-2.0
 
-zuul
 ansible>=2.7.0,<2.8
 ansible-lint>=4,<=5
 bashate>=0.2
diff --git a/tests/fake-ansible/library/zuul_return.py b/tests/fake-ansible/library/zuul_return.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48f8c915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fake-ansible/library/zuul_return.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This is a fake zuul_return to make ansible-lint happy
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+
+def main():
+    return AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            data=dict(default=None),
+            path=dict(default=None, type=str),
+            file=dict(default=None, type=str),
+        )
+    )
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f3008f00..fcbefea6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -30,18 +30,14 @@ passenv =
   # see openstack-zuul-jobs-linters job for more information.
   ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH
 setenv =
-  ANSIBLE_LIBRARY= {envsitepackagesdir}/zuul/ansible/base/library
-  ANSIBLE_ACTION_PLUGINS = {envsitepackagesdir}/zuul/ansible/base/actiongeneral
+  ANSIBLE_LIBRARY= {toxinidir}/tests/fake-ansible
 commands =
   flake8 {posargs}
-  # Ansible lint
-  # [301] Commands should not change things if nothing needs doing
-  # [306] shells with pipe should use pipe
   bash -c "find playbooks -type d -name "legacy" -prune -o \
     -type f -regex '.*.y[a]ml' -print0 | xargs -t -n1 -0 \
-    ansible-lint -x301,306"
+    ansible-lint"
   bash -c 'find roles -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -printf "%p/\n" | \
-    xargs -t -n1 ansible-lint -x301,306'
+    xargs -t -n1 ansible-lint'
   # Ansible Syntax Check
   bash -c "cd playbooks; find . -type f -regex '.*.y[a]?ml' -exec \
     ansible-playbook --syntax-check -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory \{\} + > /dev/null"