diff --git a/test/runner/lib/delegation.py b/test/runner/lib/delegation.py
index 8392fc59a7..2c7900ce9a 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/delegation.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/delegation.py
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ def delegate_docker(args, exclude, require, integration_targets):
             # run unit tests unprivileged to prevent stray writes to the source tree
             if isinstance(args, UnitsConfig):
                 writable_dirs = [
-                    '/root/ansible/lib/ansible.egg-info',
                     '/root/ansible/.pytest_cache',
                 ]
 
diff --git a/test/runner/lib/pytar.py b/test/runner/lib/pytar.py
index 33fe002bb4..145c91afaf 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/pytar.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/pytar.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class DefaultTarFilter(TarFilter):
             '.tox',
             '.git',
             '.idea',
+            '.pytest_cache',
             '__pycache__',
             'ansible.egg-info',
         )