diff --git a/tests/utils/gitlab/gitlab.sh b/tests/utils/gitlab/gitlab.sh
index 07092cb..e53bd1e 100755
--- a/tests/utils/gitlab/gitlab.sh
+++ b/tests/utils/gitlab/gitlab.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS="${HOME}/.ansible"
 SHIPPABLE_RESULT_DIR="$(pwd)/shippable"
 TEST_DIR="${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/hetzner/hcloud"
 mkdir -p "${TEST_DIR}"
-cp -aT "." "${TEST_DIR}"
+cp -raT "." "${TEST_DIR}"
 cd "${TEST_DIR}"
 
 # STAR: HACK install dependencies
diff --git a/tests/utils/gitlab/hcloud.sh b/tests/utils/gitlab/hcloud.sh
index 9f897d1..3d4f885 100755
--- a/tests/utils/gitlab/hcloud.sh
+++ b/tests/utils/gitlab/hcloud.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,5 @@ stage="prod"
 
 changed_all_target="shippable/${cloud}/smoketest/"
 
-if ! ansible-test integration "${changed_all_target}" --list-targets > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    # no smoketest tests are available for this cloud
-    changed_all_target="none"
-fi
-
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-    --remote-terminate always --remote-stage "${stage}" --changed-all-target "${changed_all_target}"
+ansible-test integration --color -v "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} --changed-all-target "${changed_all_target}"