diff --git a/playbooks/prepare-node-integration.yaml b/playbooks/prepare-node-integration.yaml
index 6ad292b29..c4116bcdd 100644
--- a/playbooks/prepare-node-integration.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/prepare-node-integration.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       shell:
         cmd: |
           ruby <<EOF
-          cmd = 'gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose'
+          cmd = 'gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose --no-user-install'
           if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('2.3.0') then
               cmd += ' -v 1.17.3'
           end
diff --git a/playbooks/run-beaker-tests.yaml b/playbooks/run-beaker-tests.yaml
index baddae3f9..4d4fc8ebd 100644
--- a/playbooks/run-beaker-tests.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/run-beaker-tests.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
           export GEM_HOME=`pwd`/.bundled_gems
           if [ -f Gemfile ]; then
             ruby <<EOF
-          cmd = 'gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose'
+          cmd = 'gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose --no-user-install'
           if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('2.3.0') then
               cmd += ' -v 1.17.3'
           end
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@
             $GEM_HOME/bin/bundle install --without system_tests --retry 3
             $GEM_HOME/bin/bundle exec rspec spec/acceptance
           else
-            gem install rake -n ./.bundled_gems/
-            gem install beaker-rspec
-            gem install puppetlabs_spec_helper
-            ./.bundled_gems/rake acceptance 2>&1
+            gem install rake -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-user-instal
+            gem install beaker-rspec --no-user-install
+            gem install puppetlabs_spec_helper --no-user-install
+            ./.bundled_gems/rake acceptance 2>&1 --no-user-install
           fi
         chdir: '{{ ansible_user_dir }}/workspace'
         executable: /bin/bash
diff --git a/playbooks/run-lint-tests.yaml b/playbooks/run-lint-tests.yaml
index 05799ac74..9befbea33 100644
--- a/playbooks/run-lint-tests.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/run-lint-tests.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
           export GEM_HOME=`pwd`/.bundled_gems
           if [ -f Gemfile ]; then
             ruby <<EOF
-          cmd = 'gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose'
+          cmd = 'gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose --no-user-install'
           if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('2.3.0') then
               cmd += ' -v 1.17.3'
           end
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
               $GEM_HOME/bin/bundle exec rake metadata_lint 2>&1
             fi
           else
-            gem install rake -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-ri --no-rdoc
-            gem install puppet-lint -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-ri --no-rdoc
-            gem install metadata-json-lint -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-ri --no-rdoc
-            gem install puppetlabs_spec_helper -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-ri --no-rdoc
-            gem install puppet -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-ri --no-rdoc
+            gem install rake -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-ri --no-rdoc --no-user-install
+            gem install puppet-lint -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-ri --no-rdoc --no-user-install
+            gem install metadata-json-lint -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-ri --no-rdoc --no-user-install
+            gem install puppetlabs_spec_helper -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-ri --no-rdoc --no-user-install
+            gem install puppet -n ./.bundled_gems/ --no-ri --no-rdoc --no-user-install
             ./.bundled_gems/rake lint 2>&1
             if [ -f metadata.json ]; then
               ./.bundled_gems/metadata-json-lint
diff --git a/playbooks/run-syntax-tests.yaml b/playbooks/run-syntax-tests.yaml
index 0bd8cad9e..507d40430 100644
--- a/playbooks/run-syntax-tests.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/run-syntax-tests.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
           mkdir .bundled_gems
           export GEM_HOME=`pwd`/.bundled_gems
           ruby <<EOF
-          cmd = 'gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose'
+          cmd = 'gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose --no-user-install'
           if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('2.3.0') then
               cmd += ' -v 1.17.3'
           end
diff --git a/playbooks/run-unit-tests.yaml b/playbooks/run-unit-tests.yaml
index 95d8ea29b..cc007619b 100644
--- a/playbooks/run-unit-tests.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/run-unit-tests.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
           mkdir .bundled_gems
           export GEM_HOME=`pwd`/.bundled_gems
           ruby <<EOF
-          cmd = 'gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose'
+          cmd = 'gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri --verbose --no-user-install'
           if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('2.3.0') then
               cmd += ' -v 1.17.3'
           end