diff --git a/.config/dictionary.txt b/.config/dictionary.txt
index 9f48d068039..e37dfd9e8f4 100644
--- a/.config/dictionary.txt
+++ b/.config/dictionary.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ EPIPE # linux
 Fimport
 Jython
 MYTAG
+PYTEST_ADDOPS
 PYTHONBREAKPOINT
 PYTHONIOENCODING
 PYTHONPYCACHEPREFIX
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yml b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
index abba51fc382..249f026e46b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tox.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ jobs:
       # Number of expected test passes, safety measure for accidental skip of
       # tests. Update value if you add/remove tests.
       PYTEST_REQPASS: 804
+      # Temporary disable parallelism under GHA until we sort concurrency issues
+      # related to collection installations.
+      PYTEST_ADDOPS: "-n1 --dist=loadscope"
     steps:
       - name: Activate WSL1
         if: "contains(matrix.shell, 'wsl')"
@@ -86,25 +89,18 @@ jobs:
             ~/.cache/pre-commit
           key: pre-commit-${{ matrix.name || matrix.passed_name }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
 
-      - name: Set ansible cache(s)
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            .cache/eco
-            examples/playbooks/collections/ansible_collections
-            ~/.cache/ansible-compat
-            ~/.ansible/collections
-            ~/.ansible/roles
-          key: ${{ matrix.name || matrix.passed_name }}-${{ hashFiles('tools/test-eco.sh', 'requirements.yml') }}
-
-      - name: Set galaxy cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.passed_name, 'py') }}
-        with:
-          path: |
-            examples/playbooks/collections/*.tar.gz
-            examples/playbooks/collections/ansible_collections
-          key: galaxy-${{ hashFiles('examples/playbooks/collections/requirements.yml') }}
+      # - name: Set galaxy cache
+      #   uses: actions/cache@v3
+      #   if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.passed_name, 'py') }}
+      #   with:
+      #     path: |
+      #       .cache/eco
+      #       ~/.cache/ansible-compat
+      #       ~/.ansible/collections
+      #       ~/.ansible/roles
+      #       examples/playbooks/collections/*.tar.gz
+      #       examples/playbooks/collections/ansible_collections
+      #     key: galaxy-${{ hashFiles('examples/playbooks/collections/requirements.yml') }}
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python_version || '3.9' }}
         if: "!contains(matrix.shell, 'wsl')"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5937c6a9c8f..055d079e1a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ include = ["src"]
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 # do not add options here as this will likely break either console runs or IDE
 # integration like vscode or pycharm
-addopts = "-p no:pytest_cov"
+addopts = "-p no:pytest_cov -n auto -ra --showlocals --doctest-modules --durations=10"
 # https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/testing
 # coverage is re-enabled in `tox.ini`. That approach is safer than
 # `--no-cov` which prevents activation from tox.ini and which also fails
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b344f533116..f0cd0c27cda 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -29,13 +29,7 @@ commands_pre =
 commands =
   # safety measure to assure we do not accidentally run tests with broken dependencies
   {envpython} -m pip check
-  coverage run -m pytest {posargs:\
-    -n auto \
-    -ra \
-    --showlocals \
-    --doctest-modules \
-    --durations=10 \
-    }
+  coverage run -m pytest {posargs:}
   sh -c "coverage combine -a -q --data-file=.coverage .tox/.coverage.*"
 
 passenv =