diff --git a/tests/ansible.cfg b/tests/ansible.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 51d344dc..00000000
--- a/tests/ansible.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[defaults]
-roles_path = ../roles
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0a72b17c..ff95ae04 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ commands = python setup.py build_sphinx
 
 [testenv:linters]
 setenv =
-  ANSIBLE_CONFIG = {toxinidir}/tests/ansible.cfg
+  ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH = {toxinidir}/roles
 whitelist_externals = bash
 commands =
   flake8 {posargs}