diff --git a/tox-ansible.ini b/tox-ansible.ini
index 741af07e..10a98200 100644
--- a/tox-ansible.ini
+++ b/tox-ansible.ini
@@ -1,30 +1,26 @@
 [tox]
 skipsdist = true
 
 [testenv]
-# install core dependencies
 deps =
     ansible-core
     ansible-dev-environment
     pytest
     pytest-ansible
 
-# allow mkdir and ln in commands_pre
 allowlist_externals =
     mkdir
     ln
-    cd
 
-# Prepare temp ansible_collections path (some ansible-test checks may expect it)
+# Prepare temp ansible_collections path
 commands_pre =
     mkdir -p {envtmpdir}/ansible_collections/vyos
     ln -s {toxinidir} {envtmpdir}/ansible_collections/vyos/vyos
 
-# Run tests from your actual repo
+# Run tests from your repo
 commands =
     # run ansible-test sanity from repo root (avoids ADE)
-    cd {toxinidir}
-    ansible-test sanity || echo "Sanity skipped or empty"
+    bash -c "cd {toxinidir} && ansible-test sanity || echo 'Sanity skipped or empty'"
 
     # run unit tests with pytest
-    python -m pytest --ansible-unit-inject-only {toxinidir}/tests/unit
+    bash -c "cd {toxinidir} && python -m pytest --ansible-unit-inject-only tests/unit"