diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ea38e46e..1dbfd455 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ jobs:
           make integration
         working-directory: ansible_collections/cloud/vmware_ops
         env:
-          ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH: '{{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/collections:/home/runner/work/cloud.vmware_ops/cloud.vmware_ops" }}'
+          ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH: "$ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/collections:/home/runner/work/cloud.vmware_ops/cloud.vmware_ops" }}'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6718f4c..5cb11d06 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ install-ansible-collections:
 
 .PHONY: integration
 integration: install-python-packages install-ansible-collections
-	ansible-test integration --no-temp-workdir
+	ansible-config dump | grep COLLECTIONS && ansible-test integration --no-temp-workdir
 
 .PHONY: ee-clean
 ee-clean: