diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 159fa4b..b8b073e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ env:
   - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.3.2.0
   - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.3.1.0
   - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.3.0.0
-  - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.2.3.0
-  - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.2.2.0
-  - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.2.1.0
-  - ANSIBLE_VERSION=2.2.0.0
 
 branches:
   only:
@@ -72,7 +68,7 @@ script:
     && (echo 'Availability test: pass' && exit 0)
     || (echo 'Availability test: fail' && exit 1)
 
-  - if [ "$ANSIBLE_VERSION" = "latest" ]; then ansible-lint tests/test.yml || true; fi
+  - if [ "$ANSIBLE_VERSION" = "latest" ]; then ansible-lint tests/test.yml; fi
 
 notifications:
   email: false
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 046fe93..6a884e7 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # defaults file for r
 ---
-r_version_35: "{{ ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('18.04', '>=') }}"
+r_version_35: "{{ ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('18.04', '>=') }}"
 
 r_cran_mirror: http://cran.rstudio.com/
 r_bioclite_url: https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 9fb5421..b0487c3 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ galaxy_info:
   company: Oefenweb.nl B.V.
   description: Set up the latest version of R in Ubuntu systems
   license: MIT
-  min_ansible_version: 2.2.0.0
+  min_ansible_version: 2.3.0.0
   platforms:
     - name: Ubuntu
       versions: