diff --git a/roles/head-prep/tasks/main.yml b/roles/head-prep/tasks/main.yml
index c779d8b..d934c2d 100644
--- a/roles/head-prep/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/head-prep/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     repo={{ item }}
   with_items:
      - "{{ juju_apt_repo | default('ppa:juju/stable') }}"
-     - "{{ ansible_apt_repo | default('ppa:ansible/ansible') }}"
+     # - "{{ ansible_apt_repo | default('ppa:ansible/ansible') }}"
   register: result
   until: result | success
   retries: 3
@@ -37,15 +37,20 @@
     - python-glanceclient
     - python-lxml
     - virt-top
+    - libssl-dev
+    - python-dev
+    - sshpass
 
-- name: Make sure Ansible is newest version
-  apt:
-    name: "ansible"
-    state: latest
-    update_cache: yes
-    cache_valid_time: 3600
-  tags:
-    - skip_ansible_lint # ansible-lint complains about latest, need this or old built in 1.5.x version may be used if already installed.
+- name: Install Ansible via pip
+  pip: name=ansible version=2.2.2.0
+# - name: Make sure Ansible is newest version
+#   apt:
+#     name: "ansible"
+#     state: latest
+#     update_cache: yes
+#     cache_valid_time: 3600
+#   tags:
+#     - skip_ansible_lint # ansible-lint complains about latest, need this or old built in 1.5.x version may be used if already installed.
 
 - name: Install Python packages
   pip:
diff --git a/scripts/cord-bootstrap.sh b/scripts/cord-bootstrap.sh
index 1ecc732..f8c5359 100644
--- a/scripts/cord-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/cord-bootstrap.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
   if [ ! -x "/usr/bin/ansible" ]
   then
     echo "Installing Ansible..."
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
-    sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
+#     sudo apt-get update
+#     sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+#     sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
+    sudo apt-get -y install python-dev libffi-dev python-pip libssl-dev sshpass
+    pip install ansible==2.2.2.0
     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install -y ansible python-netaddr
   fi