diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_bad_parsing/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_bad_parsing/meta/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a8b63dfdf2..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_bad_parsing/meta/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-dependencies:
-  - prepare_tests
-
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/meta/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1050c23ce3..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/meta/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-dependencies: 
-  - prepare_tests
-
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/tasks/main.yml
index 09532dad4b..e61a52cf19 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/tasks/main.yml
@@ -117,21 +117,7 @@
        # command shouldn't end in spaces, amend test once fixed
        - result.cmd == "echo foo --arg=a --arg=b"
 
-- name: create a test file to include
-  copy: 'dest={{ output_dir }}/test_include.yml content="- debug: var=param\n"'
-  register: result
-
-- name: assert that the test include file was created
-  assert:
-    that:
-       - result.changed
-
 - name: test includes with params
-  include: "{{ output_dir }}/test_include.yml param={{ test_input }}"
+  include: test_include.yml param={{ test_input }}
   register: result
 
-- debug: var=result
-
-- assert:
-    that:
-       - 'result.dest == "{{ output_dir|expanduser }}/test_include.yml"'
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/tasks/test_include.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/tasks/test_include.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2526f45b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_good_parsing/tasks/test_include.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- debug: var=param