diff --git a/scripts/ansible b/scripts/ansible
index 98b882729..f93a6ff7b 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible
+++ b/scripts/ansible
@@ -152,12 +152,11 @@ grep '^deb .*ansible' /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list | gre
 echo -e "\napt update; apt install ansible-core and python3 dependencies explained at:"
 echo -e "https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/scripts/ansible.md\n"
 $APT_PATH/apt update
-$APT_PATH/apt -y install python3-pip
-pip3 install ansible-core
 #$APT_PATH/apt -y --allow-downgrades install ansible-core \
 $APT_PATH/apt -y --allow-downgrades install \
               python3-pymysql python3-psycopg2 python3-passlib python3-pip \
               python3-setuptools python3-packaging python3-venv virtualenv
+pip3 install ansible-core
 
 # (Re)running collection installs appears safe, with --force-with-deps to force
 # upgrade of collection and dependencies it pulls in.  Note Ansible may support