diff --git a/playbooks/container-runtime/private/config.yml b/playbooks/container-runtime/private/config.yml
index 67445edeb01..d8fc9371056 100644
--- a/playbooks/container-runtime/private/config.yml
+++ b/playbooks/container-runtime/private/config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - hosts: "{{ l_containerized_host_groups }}"
   vars:
-    l_chg_temp: "{{ openshift_containerized_host_groups | default([]) }}"
+    l_chg_temp: "{{ hostvars[groups['oo_first_master'][0]]['openshift_containerized_host_groups'] | default([]) }}"
     l_containerized_host_groups: "{{ (['oo_nodes_to_config'] | union(l_chg_temp)) | join(':') }}"
   # role: container_runtime is necessary  here to bring role default variables
   # into the play scope.
diff --git a/playbooks/container-runtime/private/setup_storage.yml b/playbooks/container-runtime/private/setup_storage.yml
index 97226d6b2eb..54fa5ca6686 100644
--- a/playbooks/container-runtime/private/setup_storage.yml
+++ b/playbooks/container-runtime/private/setup_storage.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - hosts: "{{ l_containerized_host_groups }}"
   vars:
-    l_chg_temp: "{{ openshift_containerized_host_groups | default([]) }}"
+    l_chg_temp: "{{ hostvars[groups['oo_first_master'][0]]['openshift_containerized_host_groups'] | default([]) }}"
     l_containerized_host_groups: "{{ (['oo_nodes_to_config'] | union(l_chg_temp)) | join(':') }}"
   # role: container_runtime is necessary  here to bring role default variables
   # into the play scope.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5ba050b83aa..f6b494858a7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -348,21 +348,10 @@ def run(self):
             # --syntax-check each entry point playbook
             try:
                 # Create a host group list to avoid WARNING on unmatched host patterns
-                host_group_list = [
-                    'etcd,masters,nodes,OSEv3',
-                    'oo_all_hosts',
-                    'oo_etcd_to_config,oo_new_etcd_to_config,oo_first_etcd,oo_etcd_hosts_to_backup,'
-                    'oo_etcd_hosts_to_upgrade,oo_etcd_to_migrate',
-                    'oo_masters,oo_masters_to_config,oo_first_master,oo_containerized_master_nodes',
-                    'oo_nodes_to_config,oo_nodes_to_upgrade',
-                    'oo_nodes_use_kuryr,oo_nodes_use_flannel',
-                    'oo_nodes_use_calico,oo_nodes_use_nuage,oo_nodes_use_contiv',
-                    'oo_lb_to_config',
-                    'oo_nfs_to_config',
-                    'glusterfs,glusterfs_registry,']
+                tox_ansible_inv = os.environ['TOX_ANSIBLE_INV_PATH']
                 subprocess.check_output(
-                    ['ansible-playbook', '-i ' + ','.join(host_group_list),
-                     '--syntax-check', playbook]
+                    ['ansible-playbook', '-i', tox_ansible_inv,
+                     '--syntax-check', playbook, '-e', '@{}_extras'.format(tox_ansible_inv)]
                 )
             except subprocess.CalledProcessError as cpe:
                 print('{}Execution failed: {}{}'.format(
diff --git a/test/tox-inventory.txt b/test/tox-inventory.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e57d224bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tox-inventory.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+[OSEv3]
+localhost
+
+
+[OSEv3:children]
+etcd
+masters
+nodes
+oo_all_hosts
+oo_etcd_to_config
+oo_new_etcd_to_config
+oo_first_etcd
+oo_etcd_hosts_to_backup
+oo_etcd_hosts_to_upgrade
+oo_etcd_to_migrate
+oo_masters
+oo_masters_to_config
+oo_first_master
+oo_containerized_master_nodes
+oo_nodes_to_config
+oo_nodes_to_upgrade
+oo_nodes_use_kuryr
+oo_nodes_use_flannel
+oo_nodes_use_calico
+oo_nodes_use_nuage
+oo_nodes_use_contiv
+oo_lb_to_config
+oo_nfs_to_config
+glusterfs
+glusterfs_registry
+
+[etcd]
+localhost
+
+[masters]
+localhost
+
+[nodes]
+localhost
+
+[oo_all_hosts]
+localhost
+
+[oo_etcd_to_config]
+localhost
+
+[oo_new_etcd_to_config]
+localhost
+
+[oo_first_etcd]
+localhost
+
+[oo_etcd_hosts_to_backup]
+localhost
+
+[oo_etcd_hosts_to_upgrade]
+localhost
+
+[oo_etcd_to_migrate]
+localhost
+
+[oo_masters]
+localhost
+
+[oo_masters_to_config]
+localhost
+
+[oo_first_master]
+localhost
+
+[oo_containerized_master_nodes]
+localhost
+
+[oo_nodes_to_config]
+localhost
+
+[oo_nodes_to_upgrade]
+localhost
+
+[oo_nodes_use_kuryr]
+localhost
+
+[oo_nodes_use_flannel]
+localhost
+
+[oo_nodes_use_calico]
+localhost
+
+[oo_nodes_use_nuage]
+localhost
+
+[oo_nodes_use_contiv]
+localhost
+
+[oo_lb_to_config]
+localhost
+
+[oo_nfs_to_config]
+localhost
+
+[glusterfs]
+localhost
+
+[glusterfs_registry]
+localhost
diff --git a/test/tox-inventory.txt_extras b/test/tox-inventory.txt_extras
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f73610570e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tox-inventory.txt_extras
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+hostvars:
+  localhost: {}
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9c35915d593..c11d12a58ef 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ skip_missing_interpreters=True
 
 [testenv]
 skip_install=True
+setenv = TOX_ANSIBLE_INV_PATH = {toxinidir}/test/tox-inventory.txt
 deps =
     -rrequirements.txt
     -rtest-requirements.txt