diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/remote_tmp.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/remote_tmp.yml
index efa92467b..efe47e866 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/remote_tmp.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/remote_tmp.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 - name: integration/context_service/remote_tmp.yml
   hosts: test-targets
   gather_facts: false
-  vars:
-    ansible_remote_tmp: ~/.ansible/remote_tmp_test
   tasks:
     - name: Exercise ansible_remote_tmp
       copy:
@@ -13,9 +11,20 @@
         content: |
           Created by integration/context_service/remote_tmp.yml
 
+    - debug:
+        msg: ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP={{ lookup('env', 'ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP') }}
+
+    - command:
+        ls -l "{{ lookup('env', 'ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP') }}"
+      changed_when: false
+      register: out
+
+    - debug:
+        var: out
+
     - name: Delete ansible_remote_tmp
       raw: |
-        rm -rf "{{ ansible_remote_tmp }}"
+        rm -rf "{{ lookup('env', 'ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP') }}"
 
     - name: Do something else that requires ansible_remote_tmp
       file:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 55fd1842e..4023fca36 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ passenv =
     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
     HOME
 setenv =
+    ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP = ~/.local/remote_tmp_test
     # See also azure-pipelines.yml
     ANSIBLE_STRATEGY = mitogen_linear
     NOCOVERAGE_ERASE = 1