diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8e1456b36..fce675a18 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ dist: focal
 #    packages:
 #    - python-pip
 install:
-  - scripts/ansible    # Install latest Ansible & ~4 Ansible Collections (collections.yml)
-#  - pip install ansible
+#  - scripts/ansible    # Fails to install latest Ansible (& ~4 Ansible Collections from collections.yml)
+#  - pip install ansible    # SLOW/OVERWEIGHT: installs Ansible 3.0.0+ with ~80 Ansible Collections
+  - pip install ansible-base    # Let's avoid all Ansible Collections for now (for Ansible syntax check!)
 #  # Create ansible.cfg with correct roles_path and local_tmp
 #  - "{ echo '[defaults]'; echo 'roles_path = ./roles/'; } >> ansible.cfg"
 script: