diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 85a8c7309fa..9fa8cca79d5 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 -r ../requirements.txt
 ansible-lint==24.10.0
-apache-libcloud==3.8.0
-ara[server]==1.7.2
-dopy==0.3.7
+distlib==0.3.9
 molecule==24.12.0
 molecule-plugins[vagrant]==23.5.3
 pytest-testinfra==10.1.1
 python-vagrant==1.0.0
-tox==4.23.2
-tzdata==2024.2
 yamllint==1.35.1
diff --git a/tests/scripts/testcases_cleanup.sh b/tests/scripts/testcases_cleanup.sh
index 19978449043..e6df033d9cc 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/testcases_cleanup.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/testcases_cleanup.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,3 @@
 set -euxo pipefail
 
 make -C tests delete-${CI_PLATFORM} -s
-
-if [ -d ~/.ara ] ; then
-  tar czvf ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/cluster-dump/ara.tgz ~/.ara
-  rm -fr ~/.ara
-fi
diff --git a/tests/scripts/testcases_run.sh b/tests/scripts/testcases_run.sh
index 66eabcc8f4e..6d70b465a1a 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/testcases_run.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/testcases_run.sh
@@ -23,13 +23,9 @@ if [ "${UPGRADE_TEST}" != "false" ]; then
   git checkout "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" -- tests/
 fi
 
-# needed for ara not to complain
-export TZ=UTC
-
 export ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER=$SSH_USER
 export ANSIBLE_BECOME=true
 export ANSIBLE_BECOME_USER=root
-export ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS="$(python -m ara.setup.callback_plugins)"
 export ANSIBLE_INVENTORY=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/inventory/sample/
 
 make -C tests INVENTORY_DIR=${ANSIBLE_INVENTORY} create-${CI_PLATFORM} -s