diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
index 73afe08611..aafc3a3239 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ jobs:
           coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
           pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
           testing-type: sanity
-          pre-test-cmd: >-
-            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
 
   units:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh b/tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
index 134ff6de4b..5adf19d547 100755
--- a/tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
+++ b/tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
@@ -78,14 +78,16 @@ if [ "${script}" == "linux" ] && [ "$after_script" == "ubuntu2004" ]; then
     COMMUNITY_CRYPTO_BRANCH=stable-2
 fi
 
-# Nothing further should be added to this list.
+# To prevent Python dependencies on other collections only install other collections for unit and integration tests
 # This is to prevent modules or plugins in this collection having a runtime dependency on other collections.
-retry git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/community/internal_test_tools"
-# NOTE: we're installing with git to work around Galaxy being a huge PITA (https://github.com/ansible/galaxy/issues/2429)
-# retry ansible-galaxy -vvv collection install community.internal_test_tools
+
+if [ "${script}" != "sanity" ]; then
+    retry git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/community/internal_test_tools"
+    # NOTE: we're installing with git to work around Galaxy being a huge PITA (https://github.com/ansible/galaxy/issues/2429)
+    # retry ansible-galaxy -vvv collection install community.internal_test_tools
+fi
 
 if [ "${script}" != "sanity" ] && [ "${script}" != "units" ]; then
-    # To prevent Python dependencies on other collections only install other collections for integration tests
     retry git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/ansible/posix"
     retry git clone --depth=1 --single-branch --branch "${COMMUNITY_CRYPTO_BRANCH}" https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/community/crypto"
     retry git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker.git "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/community/docker"