diff --git a/roles/prepare-workspace/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/prepare-workspace/tasks/main.yaml
index 48fc29ac0..07161907e 100644
--- a/roles/prepare-workspace/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/prepare-workspace/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # TODO(pabelanger): Handle cleanup on static nodes
 - name: Start zuul_console daemon.
   zuul_console:
+  tags:
+    # Avoid "no action detected in task" linter error
+    - skip_ansible_lint
 
 - name: Synchronize src repos to workspace directory.
   synchronize:
diff --git a/roles/stage-output/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/stage-output/tasks/main.yaml
index 38d806a31..5b6d2f043 100644
--- a/roles/stage-output/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/stage-output/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
   shell: "mv {{ item.path }} {{ item.path | regex_replace(extensions_regex, '\\1_\\2.txt') }}"
   with_items: "{{ log_files_to_rename.files }}"
   chdir: "{{ stage_dir }}/logs"
+  tags:
+   - skip_ansible_lint
 
 # NOTE(andreaf) The ansible module does not support recursive archive, so
 # using gzip is the only option here. The good bit is that gzip itself is
@@ -104,3 +106,5 @@
   when:
     - stage_compress_logs
     - item.type == 'logs'
+  tags:
+   - skip_ansible_lint
diff --git a/roles/start-zuul-console/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/start-zuul-console/tasks/main.yaml
index 393a8f064..2fdcaf913 100644
--- a/roles/start-zuul-console/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/start-zuul-console/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # TODO(pabelanger): Handle cleanup on static nodes
 - name: Start zuul_console daemon.
   zuul_console:
+  tags:
+    # Avoid "no action detected in task" linter error
+    - skip_ansible_lint
diff --git a/roles/upload-logs/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/upload-logs/tasks/main.yaml
index 661ce9aec..69e1cfae9 100644
--- a/roles/upload-logs/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/upload-logs/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -56,3 +56,6 @@
       zuul:
         log_url: "{{ zuul_log_url }}/{{ zuul_log_path }}/"
   when: zuul_log_url is defined
+  tags:
+    # Avoid "no action detected in task" linter error
+    - skip_ansible_lint
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8b9e8bb8b..5c71936c5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ commands = python setup.py build_sphinx
 passenv =
   # NOTE(pabelanger): if you'd like to run tox -elinters locally, you'll need
   # to export ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH pointing to the currect repos.
-  # see infra-zuul-jobs-linters job for more information.
+  # see openstack-zuul-jobs-linters job for more information.
   ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH
 whitelist_externals = bash
 commands =
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ commands =
   # [ANSIBLE0012] Commands should not change things if nothing needs doing
   bash -c "find playbooks -type f -regex '.*.ya?ml' -print0 | \
     xargs -t -n1 -0 ansible-lint -xANSIBLE0012"
+  bash -c 'find roles -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -printf "%p/\n" | \
+    xargs -t -n1 ansible-lint -xANSIBLE0012'
   # Ansible Syntax Check
   bash -c "find playbooks -type f -regex '.*.ya?ml' -exec \
     ansible-playbook --syntax-check -i {toxinidir}/tests/inventory \{\} + > /dev/null"