diff --git a/utils/run-tests.sh b/utils/run-tests.sh
index 042a47bc29..89fd69f6fb 100755
--- a/utils/run-tests.sh
+++ b/utils/run-tests.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export STOP_CONTAINER FORCE_ENV STOP_VIRTUALENV
 [ ${SPLITS} -eq 0 ] && [ ${#ENABLED_MODULES[@]} -eq 0 ] && [ ${#ENABLED_TESTS[@]} -eq 0 ] && die -u "No test defined."
 
 # Ensure $python is set.
-[ -z "${python}" ] && python="python3"
+[ -z "${python}" ] && python="/usr/bin/python3"
 
 log info "Controller python executable: ${python}"
 ${python} --version
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ log info "Installing dependencies from 'requirements-tests.txt'"
 pip install --upgrade -r "${TOPDIR}/requirements-tests.txt"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2119
-[ -z "SKIP_ANSIBLE" ] || install_ansible
+[ -z "SKIP_ANSIBLE" ] && install_ansible
 
 # Ansible configuration
 export ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH="${TOPDIR}/roles"
diff --git a/utils/shansible b/utils/shansible
index 59bd620a2b..a6c365e57b 100644
--- a/utils/shansible
+++ b/utils/shansible
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ make_inventory() {
     log info "Inventory file: ${inventory}"
     cat << EOF > "${inventory}"
 [ipaserver]
-${scenario} ansible_connection=${pod_engine} ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3
+${scenario} ansible_connection=${pod_engine} ansible_python_interpreter=${python:-"/usr/bin/python3"}
 [ipaserver:vars]
 ipaserver_domain = test.local
 ipaserver_realm = TEST.LOCAL