diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index f9b8bce..f0e03ed 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 - job:
     name: ansible-role-zuul
     parent: ansible-role-zuul-base
-    vars:
-      zuul_install_method: pip
 
 - job:
     name: ansible-role-zuul-fedora-27
diff --git a/defaults/main.yaml b/defaults/main.yaml
index ad30ded..83f6dbb 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ zuul_git_uri: https://git.openstack.org/openstack-infra/zuul
 zuul_git_version: master
 # zuul_git_update:
 
-zuul_install_method: git
+zuul_install_method: pip
 
 zuul_pip_name: zuul
 # zuul_pip_executable: