diff --git a/shippable.yml b/shippable.yml
index 5fea2885..d5fe602d 100644
--- a/shippable.yml
+++ b/shippable.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ matrix:
     - env: T=devel/units/3.9/1
 
     - env: T=devel/osx/10.11/1
-    - env: T=devel/rhel/7.6/1
+    - env: T=devel/rhel/7.8/1
     - env: T=devel/rhel/8.1/1
     - env: T=devel/freebsd/11.1/1
     - env: T=devel/freebsd/12.1/1
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ matrix:
     - env: T=2.9/sanity/1
     - env: T=2.9/units/2.7/1
     - env: T=2.9/units/3.8/1
-    - env: T=2.9/rhel/7.6/1
+    - env: T=2.9/rhel/7.8/1
     - env: T=2.9/linux/ubuntu1804/1
     - env: T=2.9/cloud/3.6/1
 
diff --git a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt
index 9fab40b2..2e974712 100644
--- a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.9.txt
@@ -2,15 +2,6 @@ plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py future-import-boilerplate
 plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py metaclass-boilerplate
 plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py no-assert
 plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py no-unicode-literals
-plugins/modules/acme_certificate.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
-plugins/modules/certificate_complete_chain.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
-plugins/modules/get_certificate.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
-plugins/modules/openssh_cert.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
-plugins/modules/openssl_csr.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
-plugins/modules/openssl_csr_info.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
-plugins/modules/x509_certificate_info.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
-plugins/modules/x509_crl.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
-plugins/modules/x509_crl_info.py validate-modules:return-syntax-error
 tests/unit/mock/path.py future-import-boilerplate
 tests/unit/mock/path.py metaclass-boilerplate
 tests/unit/mock/yaml_helper.py future-import-boilerplate
diff --git a/tests/sanity/requirements.txt b/tests/sanity/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e3a9669..00000000
--- a/tests/sanity/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-packaging  # needed for update-bundled and changelog
-sphinx ; python_version >= '3.5' # docs build requires python 3+
-sphinx-notfound-page ; python_version >= '3.5' # docs build requires python 3+
-straight.plugin ; python_version >= '3.5' # needed for hacking/build-ansible.py which will host changelog generation and requires python 3+
diff --git a/tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh b/tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
index 5e1c4a98..7b75a490 100755
--- a/tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
+++ b/tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ pip list --disable-pip-version-check
 if [ "${ansible_version}" == "devel" ]; then
     retry pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
 else
-    retry pip install ansible==${ansible_version} --disable-pip-version-check
+    retry pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/stable-2.9.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
+    # retry pip install ansible==${ansible_version} --disable-pip-version-check
     # force complete CI run for Ansible 2.9: 2.9's ansible-test's change detection for collections is broken
     COMPLETE=yes
 fi