diff --git a/molecule/default/tasks/crd.yml b/molecule/default/tasks/crd.yml
index 3d014af8..9b1f5e89 100644
--- a/molecule/default/tasks/crd.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/tasks/crd.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     - name: Assert that recreating crd is as expected
       assert:
         that:
-          - recreate_crd_default_merge_expectation
+          - recreate_crd is not failed
 
     - block:
         - name: Recreate custom resource definition with merge_type
diff --git a/molecule/default/vars/main.yml b/molecule/default/vars/main.yml
index 27670cfc..8368ae27 100644
--- a/molecule/default/vars/main.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ---
-recreate_crd_default_merge_expectation: recreate_crd is not failed
-
 k8s_pod_metadata:
   labels:
     app: "{{ k8s_pod_name }}"
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
index d1271d67..e46ca26f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 ---
-recreate_crd_default_merge_expectation: recreate_crd is not failed
-
 k8s_openshift: true
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
index a7263f3d..b50df180 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 - include_tasks: older_openshift_fail.yml
   vars:
     ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ virtualenv_interpreter }}"
-    recreate_crd_default_merge_expectation: recreate_crd is failed
     playbook_namespace: ansible-test-k8s-older-openshift
 
 - file: