diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset.yaml
index 399755031..be02cb0ce 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
   services:
     - bootstrap
     - download-cache
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_baremetal.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_baremetal.yaml
index 2e61d771a..fa3f4f658 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_baremetal.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_baremetal.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
   services:
     - download-cache
     - bootstrap
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_baremetal_with_ipam.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_baremetal_with_ipam.yaml
index 88d66635c..cf6562567 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_baremetal_with_ipam.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_baremetal_with_ipam.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
   services:
     - download-cache
     - bootstrap
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_bgp.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_bgp.yaml
index 783237488..793eba900 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_bgp.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_bgp.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
   services:
     - download-cache
     - bootstrap
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_ceph.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_ceph.yaml
index 7a4d35394..2d203fa23 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_ceph.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_ceph.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ spec:
     value: profile_tasks
   - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
     value: "True"
-  - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-    value: "True"
   networkAttachments:
   - ctlplane
   nodeTemplate:
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_ceph_hci.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_ceph_hci.yaml
index 3da29bcaa..1fc3d6c2c 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_ceph_hci.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_ceph_hci.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ spec:
     value: profile_tasks
   - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
     value: "True"
-  - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-    value: "True"
   networkAttachments:
   - ctlplane
   nodeTemplate:
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_customnetworks.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_customnetworks.yaml
index a9543d603..b4ef26124 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_customnetworks.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_customnetworks.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
     - name: ANSIBLE_VERBOSITY
       value: 4
     - name: ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_networker.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_networker.yaml
index cb61cf796..fbeee6d54 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_networker.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_networker.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
   services:
     - download-cache
     - bootstrap
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_nmstate.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_nmstate.yaml
index f66d60478..06b827ae0 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_nmstate.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_nmstate.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ spec:
   env:
   - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
     value: "True"
-  - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-    value: "True"
   services:
   - bootstrap
   - download-cache
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_sriov.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_sriov.yaml
index 6482f842c..a30af4efc 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_sriov.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_sriov.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
   services:
     - download-cache
     - bootstrap
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_with_ipam.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_with_ipam.yaml
index 40bdc84ab..95912c76a 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_with_ipam.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset_with_ipam.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
   preProvisioned: true
   services:
     - bootstrap
diff --git a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-create-test/00-assert.yaml b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-create-test/00-assert.yaml
index 0ee0377d2..8867f5cdc 100644
--- a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-create-test/00-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-create-test/00-assert.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ spec:
   env:
   - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
     value: "True"
-  - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-    value: "True"
   nodes:
     edpm-compute-0:
       ansible:
diff --git a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-create-test/00-dataplane-create.yaml b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-create-test/00-dataplane-create.yaml
index cf89762cc..0ef2792be 100644
--- a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-create-test/00-dataplane-create.yaml
+++ b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-create-test/00-dataplane-create.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
   services:
     - download-cache
     - bootstrap
diff --git a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/00-assert.yaml b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/00-assert.yaml
index ad5623e99..f6a763289 100644
--- a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/00-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/00-assert.yaml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ spec:
   env:
   - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
     value: "True"
-  - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-    value: "True"
   nodes: {}
   nodeTemplate:
     ansibleSSHPrivateKeySecret: dataplane-ansible-ssh-private-key-secret
diff --git a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/00-dataplane-create.yaml b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/00-dataplane-create.yaml
index 221192013..9b99829c5 100644
--- a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/00-dataplane-create.yaml
+++ b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/00-dataplane-create.yaml
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ spec:
   env:
   - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
     value: "True"
-  - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-    value: "True"
   nodes: {}
   nodeTemplate:
     ansibleSSHPrivateKeySecret: dataplane-ansible-ssh-private-key-secret
diff --git a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/01-assert.yaml b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/01-assert.yaml
index 103fc7523..afd9d5d97 100644
--- a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/01-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/01-assert.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ spec:
   env:
   - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
     value: "True"
-  - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-    value: "True"
   nodes: {}
   nodeTemplate:
     ansibleSSHPrivateKeySecret: dataplane-ansible-ssh-private-key-secret
diff --git a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/02-assert.yaml b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/02-assert.yaml
index 6e90eadd5..ec3fc8177 100644
--- a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/02-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-deploy-no-nodes-test/02-assert.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ spec:
   env:
   - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
     value: "True"
-  - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-    value: "True"
   envConfigMapName: openstack-aee-default-env
   extraMounts:
   - mounts:
diff --git a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-service-config/00-assert.yaml b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-service-config/00-assert.yaml
index e05051be4..37436281e 100644
--- a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-service-config/00-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-service-config/00-assert.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
   backoffLimit: 6
   envConfigMapName: openstack-aee-default-env
   extraMounts:
diff --git a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-service-config/00-create.yaml b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-service-config/00-create.yaml
index 6535aaec2..29a93924a 100644
--- a/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-service-config/00-create.yaml
+++ b/tests/kuttl/tests/dataplane-service-config/00-create.yaml
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ spec:
   env:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
-    - name: ANSIBLE_ENABLE_TASK_DEBUGGER
-      value: "True"
   nodes: {}
   nodeTemplate:
     ansibleSSHPrivateKeySecret: dataplane-ansible-ssh-private-key-secret