diff --git a/test/integration/targets/command_shell/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/command_shell/tasks/main.yml
index 858f07d1a8..b8d5438187 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/command_shell/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/command_shell/tasks/main.yml
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
   shell: which bash
   register: bash
 
+- name: locate sha1sum/shasum
+  shell: which sha1sum || which shasum
+  register: sha1sum
+
 ##
 ## command
 ##
@@ -192,7 +196,7 @@
       - "command_result5.stdout == 'foobar'"
 
 - name: send to stdin literal multiline block
-  command: "{{ ansible_python_interpreter }} -c 'import hashlib, sys; print(hashlib.sha1((sys.stdin.buffer if hasattr(sys.stdin, \"buffer\") else sys.stdin).read()).hexdigest())'"
+  command: "{{ sha1sum.stdout }}"
   args:
     stdin: |-
       this is the first line
@@ -205,7 +209,7 @@
 - name: assert the multiline input was passed correctly
   assert:
     that:
-      - "command_result6.stdout == '9cd0697c6a9ff6689f0afb9136fa62e0b3fee903'"
+      - "command_result6.stdout == '9cd0697c6a9ff6689f0afb9136fa62e0b3fee903  -'"
 
 ##
 ## shell
@@ -274,7 +278,9 @@
     "multiline echo" \
     "with a new line
     in quotes" \
-    | {{ ansible_python_interpreter }} -c 'import hashlib, sys; print(hashlib.sha1((sys.stdin.buffer if hasattr(sys.stdin, "buffer") else sys.stdin).read()).hexdigest())'
+    | {{ sha1sum.stdout }} \
+    | tr -s ' ' \
+    | cut -f1 -d ' '
     echo "this is a second line"
   register: shell_result5
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/tests.yml b/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/tests.yml
index 43a763ea14..2784febe80 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/tests.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/copy/tasks/tests.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
   set_fact:
     remote_file: "{{ remote_dir }}/foo.txt"
 
+- name: Locate sha1sum/shasum
+  shell: which sha1sum || which shasum
+  register: sha1sum
+
 - name: Initiate a basic copy, and also test the mode
   copy:
     src: foo.txt
@@ -1123,7 +1127,7 @@
     - stat_link_result.stat.islnk
 
 - name: Get the checksum of the link target
-  shell: "{{ ansible_python_interpreter }} -c 'import hashlib; print(hashlib.sha1(open(\"{{remote_dir | expanduser}}/follow_test\", \"rb\").read()).hexdigest())'"
+  shell: "{{ sha1sum.stdout }} {{remote_dir}}/follow_test | cut -f1 -sd ' '"
   register: target_file_result
 
 - name: Assert that the link target was updated
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/gem/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/gem/tasks/main.yml
index 77b93e663d..adf76d7c33 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/gem/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/gem/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,22 +16,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-- include_vars: '{{ item }}'
-  with_first_found:
-    - files:
-        - '{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml'
-        - '{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_version }}.yml'
-        - '{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml'
-        - 'default.yml'
-      paths: '../vars'
-
-- name: install dependencies for test
-  package: name={{ package_item }} state=present
-  with_items: "{{ test_packages }}"
-  loop_control:
-    loop_var: package_item
-  when: ansible_distribution != "MacOSX"
-
 - name: remove a gem
   gem: name=gist state=absent
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/gem/vars/FreeBSD.yml b/test/integration/targets/gem/vars/FreeBSD.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 84e0b483d5..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/targets/gem/vars/FreeBSD.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-test_packages:
-  - "devel/ruby-gems"
-  - "ruby"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/gem/vars/RedHat.yml b/test/integration/targets/gem/vars/RedHat.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c044d109b6..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/targets/gem/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-test_packages:
-  - "rubygems"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/gem/vars/default.yml b/test/integration/targets/gem/vars/default.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d6e61ac46..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/targets/gem/vars/default.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-test_packages: []
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup.yml
index 8fdb2a401c..588d99c99c 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
     path: "{{ output_dir }}"
     state: directory
 
-- name: SETUP | install git
-  package:
-    name: git
-  when: ansible_distribution != "MacOSX"
-
 - name: SETUP | verify that git is installed so this test can continue
   shell: which git
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/hg/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/hg/tasks/main.yml
index 14719a6ce6..f9c1b1494b 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/hg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/hg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@
 - name: clean out the output_dir
   shell: rm -rf {{ output_dir }}/*
 
-- name: install mercurial
-  package:
-    name: mercurial
-  when: ansible_distribution != "MacOSX"
-
 - name: verify that mercurial is installed so this test can continue
   shell: which hg
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/pull/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/pull/runme.sh
index 0ad9e01ba9..7334df93ca 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/pull/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/pull/runme.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ repo_dir="${temp_dir}/repo"
 pull_dir="${temp_dir}/pull"
 temp_log="${temp_dir}/pull.log"
 
-ansible-playbook setup.yml
-
 cp -av "pull-integration-test" "${repo_dir}"
 cd "${repo_dir}"
 (
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/pull/setup.yml b/test/integration/targets/pull/setup.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 581902474d..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/targets/pull/setup.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-- hosts: localhost
-  tasks:
-    - name: install git
-      package:
-        name: git
-      when: ansible_distribution != "MacOSX"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/subversion/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/subversion/tasks/main.yml
index 5631adbd89..3f89c236eb 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/subversion/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/subversion/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@
 - name: clean out the output_dir
   shell: rm -rf {{ output_dir }}/*
 
-- name: install subversion
-  package:
-    name: subversion
-  when: ansible_distribution != "MacOSX"
-
 - name: verify that subversion is installed so this test can continue
   shell: which svn
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml
index 80e052a6a3..5913762183 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-- name: install rsync
-  package:
-    name: rsync
-  when: ansible_distribution != "MacOSX"
-
 - name: cleanup old files
   shell: rm -rf {{output_dir}}/*
 
diff --git a/test/runner/setup/remote.sh b/test/runner/setup/remote.sh
index d8d2a7707e..2b83056c81 100644
--- a/test/runner/setup/remote.sh
+++ b/test/runner/setup/remote.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,16 @@ if [ "${platform}" = "freebsd" ]; then
         pkg install -y \
             bash \
             curl \
+            devel/ruby-gems \
+            git \
             gtar \
+            mercurial \
             python \
+            rsync \
+            ruby \
+            subversion \
             sudo \
+            zip \
          && break
          echo "Failed to install packages. Sleeping before trying again..."
          sleep 10
@@ -27,10 +34,15 @@ elif [ "${platform}" = "rhel" ]; then
     while true; do
         yum install -y \
             gcc \
+            git \
+            mercurial \
             python-devel \
             python-jinja2 \
             python-virtualenv \
             python2-cryptography \
+            rubygems \
+            subversion \
+            unzip \
          && break
          echo "Failed to install packages. Sleeping before trying again..."
          sleep 10