diff --git a/tests/ansible/all.yml b/tests/ansible/all.yml
index 7a3e70001..e3034fa30 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/all.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/all.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - import_playbook: setup/all.yml
   tags: setup
-- import_playbook: regression/all.yml
-  tags: regression
+#- import_playbook: regression/all.yml
+#  tags: regression
 - import_playbook: integration/all.yml
   tags: integration
diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/all.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/all.yml
index ac196584e..e393edacf 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/integration/all.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/all.yml
@@ -3,39 +3,40 @@
 # This playbook imports all tests that are known to work at present.
 #
 
-- import_playbook: action/all.yml
-  tags: action
-- import_playbook: async/all.yml
-  tags: async
-- import_playbook: become/all.yml
-  tags: become
-- import_playbook: connection/all.yml
-  tags: connection
-- import_playbook: connection_delegation/all.yml
-  tags: connection_delegation
-- import_playbook: connection_loader/all.yml
-  tags: connection_loader
+#- import_playbook: action/all.yml
+#  tags: action
+#- import_playbook: async/all.yml
+#  tags: async
+#- import_playbook: become/all.yml
+#  tags: become
+#- import_playbook: connection/all.yml
+#  tags: connection
+#- import_playbook: connection_delegation/all.yml
+#  tags: connection_delegation
+#- import_playbook: connection_loader/all.yml
+#  tags: connection_loader
 - import_playbook: context_service/all.yml
   tags: context_service
-- import_playbook: glibc_caches/all.yml
-  tags: glibc_caches
-- import_playbook: interpreter_discovery/all.yml
-  tags: interpreter_discovery
-- import_playbook: local/all.yml
-  tags: local
-- import_playbook: module_utils/all.yml
-  tags: module_utils
-- import_playbook: playbook_semantics/all.yml
-  tags: playbook_semantics
-- import_playbook: process/all.yml
-  tags: process
-- import_playbook: runner/all.yml
-  tags: runner
-- import_playbook: ssh/all.yml
-  tags: ssh
-- import_playbook: strategy/all.yml
-  tags: strategy
-- import_playbook: stub_connections/all.yml
-  tags: stub_connections
-- import_playbook: transport_config/all.yml
-  tags: transport_config
+#- import_playbook: glibc_caches/all.yml
+#  tags: glibc_caches
+#- import_playbook: interpreter_discovery/all.yml
+#  tags: interpreter_discovery
+#- import_playbook: local/all.yml
+#  tags: local
+#- import_playbook: module_utils/all.yml
+#  tags: module_utils
+#- import_playbook: playbook_semantics/all.yml
+#  tags: playbook_semantics
+#- import_playbook: process/all.yml
+#  tags: process
+#- import_playbook: runner/all.yml
+#  tags: runner
+#- import_playbook: ssh/all.yml
+#  tags: ssh
+#- import_playbook: strategy/all.yml
+#  tags: strategy
+#- import_playbook: stub_connections/all.yml
+#  tags: stub_connections
+#- import_playbook: transport_config/all.yml
+#  tags: transport_config
+#
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diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/all.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/all.yml
index edcf8eff4..ee2b124a4 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/all.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/all.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-- import_playbook: disconnect_cleanup.yml
-- import_playbook: lru_one_target.yml
-- import_playbook: reconnection.yml
-- import_playbook: remote_name.yml
+#- import_playbook: disconnect_cleanup.yml
+#- import_playbook: lru_one_target.yml
+#- import_playbook: reconnection.yml
+#- import_playbook: remote_name.yml
+- import_playbook: remote_tmp.yml
diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/remote_tmp.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/remote_tmp.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efe47e866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/context_service/remote_tmp.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# issue #1061: ensure remote temporary directory is recreated
+
+- name: integration/context_service/remote_tmp.yml
+  hosts: test-targets
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: Exercise ansible_remote_tmp
+      copy:
+        dest: canary
+        mode: u=rw,go=
+        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 "{{ lookup('env', 'ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP') }}"
+
+    - name: Do something else that requires ansible_remote_tmp
+      file:
+        path: canary
+        state: absent
+  tags:
+    - issue_1061
+    - remote_tmp
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 55fd1842e..579596656 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ passenv =
     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
     HOME
 setenv =
+    ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TMP = ~/.local/remote_tmp_test
     # See also azure-pipelines.yml
     ANSIBLE_STRATEGY = mitogen_linear
+    ANSIBLE_VERBOSITY = 3
     NOCOVERAGE_ERASE = 1
     NOCOVERAGE_REPORT = 1
     # Only applicable to MODE=mitogen