diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
index 3e2958bb..0e00e1ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -84,12 +84,5 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p /home/runner/.ansible
           ln -s /home/runner/work/kubernetes /home/runner/.ansible/collections
 
-      # TODO: Once community.general is on public Galaxy, drop the -s.
-      - name: Install community.general role to get json_query filter.
-        run: |
-          cp tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/files/manifest-example/MANIFEST.json MANIFEST.json
-          pip install jmespath
-          ansible-galaxy collection install --no-deps -s https://sivel.eng.ansible.com/api community.general
-
       - name: Run molecule default test scenario
         run: molecule test
diff --git a/molecule/default/tasks/waiter.yml b/molecule/default/tasks/waiter.yml
index 689efac0..1269c2e9 100644
--- a/molecule/default/tasks/waiter.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/tasks/waiter.yml
@@ -262,15 +262,13 @@
           reason: DeploymentPaused
       register: pause_deploy
 
-    - debug: var=pause_deploy
-
     - name: Check that paused deployment wait worked
       assert:
         that:
           - condition.reason == "DeploymentPaused"
           - condition.status == "Unknown"
       vars:
-        condition: '{{ pause_deploy.result.status.conditions | community.general.json_query("[?type==`Progressing`]") | first }}'
+        condition: '{{ pause_deploy.result.status.conditions[1] }}'
 
     - name: Add a service based on the deployment
       k8s:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/files/manifest-example/MANIFEST.json b/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/files/manifest-example/MANIFEST.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ef7258e5..00000000
--- a/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/files/manifest-example/MANIFEST.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{
- "collection_info": {
-  "namespace": "community",
-  "name": "kubernetes",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "authors": [
-   "chouseknecht (https://github.com/chouseknecht)",
-   "geerlingguy (https://www.jeffgeerling.com/)",
-   "maxamillion (https://github.com/maxamillion)",
-   "jmontleon (https://github.com/jmontleon)",
-   "fabianvf (https://github.com/fabianvf)",
-   "willthames (https://github.com/willthames)",
-   "mmazur (https://github.com/mmazur)",
-   "jamescassell (https://github.com/jamescassell)"
-  ],
-  "readme": "README.md",
-  "tags": [
-   "kubernetes",
-   "k8s",
-   "cloud",
-   "infrastructure",
-   "openshift",
-   "okd",
-   "cluster"
-  ],
-  "description": "Kubernetes Collection for Ansible.",
-  "license": [],
-  "license_file": "LICENSE",
-  "dependencies": {},
-  "repository": "https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes",
-  "documentation": "",
-  "homepage": "",
-  "issues": "https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes/issues"
- },
- "file_manifest_file": {
-  "name": "FILES.json",
-  "ftype": "file",
-  "chksum_type": "sha256",
-  "chksum_sha256": "38d130899a6e46be25cbde550675c62b55827a79c3cfe29dc43fecd8e1de7ef6",
-  "format": 1
- },
- "format": 1
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/files/manifest-example/README.md b/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/files/manifest-example/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 17f3a4bb..00000000
--- a/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/files/manifest-example/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# MANIFEST.json README
-
-This manifest file is used in the test environment to overcome a bug currently in Ansible core: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67399
-
-Once that bug is fixed, this file can be removed, along with the `cp` command used in the CI GitHub Actions workflow for this repository.