diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 76d95bf..ba27bf8 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ fi
 
 if [[ $NAME == "Arch Linux" ]] ; then
     _install "ansible"
-    _install "python-jmespath"
 fi
 
 cd "$DOTDIR" && make
diff --git a/playbook.yml b/playbook.yml
index 600967f..db47e2c 100644
--- a/playbook.yml
+++ b/playbook.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@
           become: true
         when: distro == 'ubuntu'
 
+      - block:
+        - name: install ansible requirements
+          package:
+            name: "{{ packages[distro] }}"
+            state: present
+          become: true
+          vars:
+            packages:
+              archlinux:
+                - python-jmespath
+              ubuntu:
+                - python3-jmespath
+
       - block:
         - name: enable multilib repository
           blockinfile: