diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-all-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/test-all-packages.yml
index 33558a16e9a..ecbfdd5ab6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-all-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-all-packages.yml
@@ -636,16 +636,6 @@ jobs:
           datadog-token: ${{ secrets.DATADOG_API_KEY }}
           codecov-token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
-  test-vats:
-    # XXX remove once this is no longer a required check (and test-boot is)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        engine: ['16.x', '18.x', 'xs']
-    steps:
-      - name: yarn test (vats)
-        run: exit 0
-
   test-zoe-unit:
     # BEGIN-TEST-BOILERPLATE
     timeout-minutes: 30
diff --git a/packages/deployment/scripts/install-deps.sh b/packages/deployment/scripts/install-deps.sh
index c7ad522cf38..3cdca3cbbad 100755
--- a/packages/deployment/scripts/install-deps.sh
+++ b/packages/deployment/scripts/install-deps.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,14 @@ if test -d /etc/apt; then
     echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu $VERSION_CODENAME main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ansible.list
     apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
     apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change -y
-    apt-get install -y ansible rsync curl sudo gnupg2 jq libbsd-dev
+    apt-get install -y rsync curl sudo gnupg2 jq libbsd-dev
+    if apt-get install -y ansible; then : # success
+    else
+      # Failed to install Ansible, try workaround based on
+      # https://github.com/ansible-community/ppa/issues/77#issuecomment-1802847056
+      sed -i -e '1s/^[^#]*//' /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible_collections/netapp/ontap/plugins/modules/na_ontap_s3_users.py
+      apt-get install -y --fix-broken
+    fi
     apt-get clean -y
   }
 elif test "$uname_s" == darwin; then