diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ca4504492..5fec256f3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ dist: focal
 #    packages:
 #    - python-pip
 install:
-#  - scripts/ansible    # Fails to install latest Ansible (& ~4 Ansible Collections from collections.yml)
+#  - scripts/ansible    # See #2105: fails to install latest Ansible (& ~4 Ansible Collections from collections.yml) due to Travis VM's disk layout/perms being different
 #  - 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!)
+  - ansible-galaxy collection install -r collections.yml
   - "{ echo 'roles_path = ./roles/'; } >> ansible.cfg"    # Add correct roles_path to ansible.cfg
 #  - "{ echo '[defaults]'; echo 'roles_path = ./roles/'; } >> ansible.cfg"    # Create ansible.cfg with correct roles_path and local_tmp
 #  - cat ansible.cfg    # UNCOMMENT TO VERIFY