diff --git a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/clean-host/tasks/main.yaml b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/clean-host/tasks/main.yaml
index 36297bbe6..abe489895 100644
--- a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/clean-host/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/clean-host/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 - name: clean | kube | removing any old docker containers
   ignore_errors: yes
   shell: MY_CONTAINER_ID=$(docker inspect --format {% raw %}'{{ .Id }}'{% endraw %} "{{ my_container_name }}"); docker ps --all --no-trunc --quiet | awk '!'"/${MY_CONTAINER_ID}/ { print \$1 }" | xargs -r -l1 -P16 docker rm -f
+  args:
+    executable: /bin/bash
 
 - name: clean | kube | remove any mounts
   ignore_errors: yes
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@
         for MOUNT in $(findmnt --df --output TARGET | grep "^/var/lib/kubelet"); do
          umount --force $MOUNT
         done
+  args:
+    executable: /bin/bash
 
 - name: clean | kube | remove dirs
   file:
diff --git a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubeadm-master/tasks/main.yaml b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubeadm-master/tasks/main.yaml
index 8b16c132a..5d3f489a4 100644
--- a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubeadm-master/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubeadm-master/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -84,17 +84,25 @@
   delegate_to: 127.0.0.1
   block:
     - name: wait for kube api
-      shell: export KUBECONFIG=/mnt/rootfs/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; python /usr/bin/test-kube-api.py
+      shell: python /usr/bin/test-kube-api.py
       register: task_result
       until: task_result.rc == 0
       retries: 120
       delay: 5
+      environment:
+        KUBECONFIG: '/mnt/rootfs/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf'
+      args:
+        executable: /bin/bash
     - name: wait for node to come online
-      shell: export KUBECONFIG=/mnt/rootfs/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; kubectl get node "{{ kubeadm_node_hostname }}" --no-headers | gawk '{ print $2 }' | grep -q '\(^Ready\)\|\(^NotReady\)'
+      shell: kubectl get node "{{ kubeadm_node_hostname }}" --no-headers | gawk '{ print $2 }' | grep -q '\(^Ready\)\|\(^NotReady\)'
       register: task_result
       until: task_result.rc == 0
       retries: 120
       delay: 5
+      environment:
+        KUBECONFIG: '/mnt/rootfs/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf'
+      args:
+        executable: /bin/bash
     - include_tasks: wait-for-kube-system-namespace.yaml
 
 - name: deploying kube-proxy
@@ -107,11 +115,15 @@
   delegate_to: 127.0.0.1
   block:
     - name: wait for node to be ready
-      shell: export KUBECONFIG=/mnt/rootfs/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; kubectl get node "{{ kubeadm_node_hostname }}" --no-headers | gawk '{ print $2 }' | grep -q '^Ready'
+      shell: kubectl get node "{{ kubeadm_node_hostname }}" --no-headers | gawk '{ print $2 }' | grep -q '^Ready'
       register: task_result
       until: task_result.rc == 0
       retries: 120
       delay: 5
+      environment:
+        KUBECONFIG: '/mnt/rootfs/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf'
+      args:
+        executable: /bin/bash
     - include_tasks: wait-for-kube-system-namespace.yaml
 
 # - name: deploying kube-dns addon
diff --git a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubeadm-master/tasks/wait-for-kube-system-namespace.yaml b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubeadm-master/tasks/wait-for-kube-system-namespace.yaml
index 5b188c2db..7b83211ff 100644
--- a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubeadm-master/tasks/wait-for-kube-system-namespace.yaml
+++ b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubeadm-master/tasks/wait-for-kube-system-namespace.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
 
 - name: wait for kube pods to all be running in kube-system namespace
   delegate_to: 127.0.0.1
-  shell: export KUBECONFIG=/mnt/rootfs/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; /usr/bin/test-kube-pods-ready kube-system
+  shell: /usr/bin/test-kube-pods-ready kube-system
   register: task_result
   until: task_result.rc == 0
   retries: 120
   delay: 5
+  environment:
+    KUBECONFIG: '/mnt/rootfs/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf'
+  args:
+    executable: /bin/bash
diff --git a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubelet/tasks/kubelet.yaml b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubelet/tasks/kubelet.yaml
index b7cea4731..caa550378 100644
--- a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubelet/tasks/kubelet.yaml
+++ b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubelet/tasks/kubelet.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
     - name: docker | getting cgroup driver info
       shell: docker info | awk '/^Cgroup Driver:/ { print $NF }'
       register: docker_cgroup_driver
+      args:
+        executable: /bin/bash
     - name: setting kublet cgroup driver
       set_fact:
         kubelet_cgroup_driver: "{{ docker_cgroup_driver.stdout }}"
diff --git a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubelet/tasks/setup-dns.yaml b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubelet/tasks/setup-dns.yaml
index 6eb0901e3..b6d708606 100644
--- a/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubelet/tasks/setup-dns.yaml
+++ b/tools/images/kubeadm-aio/assets/opt/playbooks/roles/deploy-kubelet/tasks/setup-dns.yaml
@@ -47,3 +47,5 @@
       until: task_result.rc == 0
       retries: 120
       delay: 5
+      args:
+        executable: /bin/bash