diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_copy/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_copy/tasks/main.yml
index fa09d37eb4..2b671c122d 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_copy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_copy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -55,9 +55,14 @@
 - name: verify that the file checksums are correct
   assert:
     that:
-      - "copy_result.md5sum == 'c47397529fe81ab62ba3f85e9f4c71f2'"
       - "copy_result.checksum == 'c79a6506c1c948be0d456ab5104d5e753ab2f3e6'"
 
+- name: verify that the legacy md5sum is correct
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "copy_result.md5sum == 'c47397529fe81ab62ba3f85e9f4c71f2'"
+  ignore_errors: True
+
 - name: check the stat results of the file
   stat: path={{output_file}}
   register: stat_results
@@ -72,9 +77,14 @@
       - "stat_results.stat.isfifo == false"
       - "stat_results.stat.isreg == true"
       - "stat_results.stat.issock == false"
-      - "stat_results.stat.md5 == 'c47397529fe81ab62ba3f85e9f4c71f2'"
       - "stat_results.stat.checksum == 'c79a6506c1c948be0d456ab5104d5e753ab2f3e6'"
 
+- name: verify that the legacy md5sum is correct
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "stat_results.stat.md5 == 'c47397529fe81ab62ba3f85e9f4c71f2'"
+  ignore_errors: True
+
 - name: overwrite the file via same means
   copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_file}}
   register: copy_result2
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_stat/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_stat/tasks/main.yml
index b0b16d7f9e..f34f77a936 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_stat/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_stat/tasks/main.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
         - "'issock' in stat_result.stat" 
         - "'isuid' in stat_result.stat" 
         - "'md5' in stat_result.stat"
-        - "stat_result.stat.md5 == '5eb63bbbe01eeed093cb22bb8f5acdc3'" 
         - "'checksum' in stat_result.stat"
         - "stat_result.stat.checksum == '2aae6c35c94fcfb415dbe95f408b9ce91ee846ed'"
         - "'mode' in stat_result.stat" # why is this 420?
@@ -63,4 +62,8 @@
         - "'xgrp' in stat_result.stat" 
         - "'xoth' in stat_result.stat" 
         - "'xusr' in stat_result.stat" 
-      
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "stat_result.stat.md5 == '5eb63bbbe01eeed093cb22bb8f5acdc3'"
+  ignore_errors: True