diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh b/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
index ace7eeb5a8..0094c9b459 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ esac
 case ${DISTRO_ID} in
     rocky|centos|rhel)
         dnf -y install \
-          git curl autoconf gcc gcc-c++ nc \
+          git /usr/bin/curl autoconf gcc gcc-c++ nc \
           systemd-devel pkgconf \
           openssl-devel libffi-devel \
           rsync wget
diff --git a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/vars/redhat-8.yml b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/vars/redhat-8.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c9e9b8afda..0000000000
--- a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/vars/redhat-8.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright 2017, Rackspace US, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-packages_install:
-  # - bridge-utils  bridge-utils is not available in 8
-  # - btrfs-progs  BTRFS is not available in 8
-  - curl
-  - dbus
-  - ethtool
-  - git
-  - iputils
-  - lvm2
-  - python3
-  - python3-devel
-  # - sshpass  sshpass is not available in 8
-  #- systemd-networkd  networkd is not available in 8
-  - vim
-  - xfsprogs
-
-packages_remove: []
-
-rc_local: /etc/rc.d/rc.local
-rc_local_insert_before: "^touch /var/lock/subsys/local$"
-
-nfs_package: nfs-utils
diff --git a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/vars/redhat-9.yml b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/vars/redhat-9.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a3e7686196..0000000000
--- a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/vars/redhat-9.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright 2017, Rackspace US, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-packages_install:
-  - curl
-  - dbus
-  - ethtool
-  - git
-  - iputils
-  - lvm2
-  - python3
-  - python3-devel
-  - vim
-  - xfsprogs
-
-packages_remove: []
-
-rc_local: /etc/rc.d/rc.local
-rc_local_insert_before: "^touch /var/lock/subsys/local$"
-
-nfs_package: nfs-utils
diff --git a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/vars/redhat.yml b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/vars/redhat.yml
index f2c60e6e06..7e996d6e14 100644
--- a/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/tests/roles/bootstrap-host/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 packages_install:
-  - bridge-utils
-  - btrfs-progs
-  - curl
+  - /usr/bin/curl
   - dbus
   - ethtool
   - git
@@ -24,8 +22,6 @@ packages_install:
   - lvm2
   - python3
   - python3-devel
-  - sshpass
-  - systemd-networkd
   - vim
   - xfsprogs