diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/settings/test_development.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/settings/test_development.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a6012f8d26..0000000000
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/settings/test_development.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-
-def test_ANSIBLE_VERSION(mocker):
-    from django.conf import settings
-    assert hasattr(settings, 'ANSIBLE_VERSION')
-
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f16f107c16..0000000000
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import subprocess
-
-from awx.main.utils import get_ansible_version
-
-def test_dev(mocker, settings):
-    settings.ANSIBLE_VERSION = mocker.Mock()
-
-    res = get_ansible_version()
-
-    assert res == settings.ANSIBLE_VERSION
-
-def test_production(mocker, settings):
-    mock_Popen = mocker.MagicMock()
-    mocker.patch.object(subprocess, 'Popen', mock_Popen)
-    del settings.ANSIBLE_VERSION
-
-    get_ansible_version()
-
-    mock_Popen.assert_called_with(['ansible', '--version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
diff --git a/awx/main/utils.py b/awx/main/utils.py
index 4a7ce90f54..f1d85f72b2 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils.py
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ def get_ansible_version():
     '''
     Return Ansible version installed.
     '''
-    from django.conf import settings
-    if hasattr(settings, 'ANSIBLE_VERSION'):
-        return settings.ANSIBLE_VERSION
     try:
         proc = subprocess.Popen(['ansible', '--version'],
                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
diff --git a/awx/settings/development.py b/awx/settings/development.py
index a9ae83b242..cc4febdbae 100644
--- a/awx/settings/development.py
+++ b/awx/settings/development.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import traceback
 # Django Split Settings
 from split_settings.tools import optional, include
 
-from awx.main.utils import get_ansible_version
-
 # Load default settings.
 from defaults import *  # NOQA
 
@@ -35,8 +33,6 @@ AWX_PROOT_ENABLED = True
 
 PENDO_TRACKING_STATE = "off"
 
-ANSIBLE_VERSION = get_ansible_version()
-
 # Use Django-Jenkins if installed. Only run tests for awx.main app.
 try:
     import django_jenkins