diff --git a/roles/bindep/tasks/find-bindep.yaml b/roles/bindep/tasks/find-bindep.yaml
index 29199bf49..b3a31fb9e 100644
--- a/roles/bindep/tasks/find-bindep.yaml
+++ b/roles/bindep/tasks/find-bindep.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - name: Check for system bindep
   command: /bin/bash -c "type -p bindep"
   failed_when: false
+  changed_when: false
   register: bindep_command_type
   when: >-
     bindep_command is not defined
diff --git a/roles/bindep/tasks/packages.yaml b/roles/bindep/tasks/packages.yaml
index bd3d1555d..73fd80d9a 100644
--- a/roles/bindep/tasks/packages.yaml
+++ b/roles/bindep/tasks/packages.yaml
@@ -2,19 +2,22 @@
   command: "{{ bindep_run }}"
   register: bindep_output
   failed_when: false
+  changed_when: false
 
 - name: Install distro packages from bindep
   package:
     name: "{{ bindep_output.stdout_lines }}"
     state: present
-  become: yes
+  become: true
   when: bindep_output.stdout_lines
+  changed_when: true
 
 - name: Check that packages are installed
   command: "{{ bindep_run }}"
   register: bindep_final_check
   # Ignore errors then fail later so that we can give a better error message
   failed_when: false
+  changed_when: false
 
 - name: Fail if we cannot install all packages
   fail: