diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
index 75ae44c14..68a403363 100644
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ exclude_paths:
   - tests/files/custom_cni/cilium.yaml
   - venv
   - .github
+mock_modules:
+  - gluster.gluster.gluster_volume
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3592fb258..834040d2e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: ansible-lint
         additional_dependencies:
-          - ansible==9.8.0
           - jsonschema==4.22.0
           - jmespath==1.0.1
           - netaddr==1.3.0
diff --git a/tests/requirements.yml b/tests/requirements.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eeb070ec..000000000
--- a/tests/requirements.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-collections:
-  - name: gluster.gluster