diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_query/tasks/mysql_query_initial.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_query/tasks/mysql_query_initial.yml
index 2d971ab..5bf379f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_query/tasks/mysql_query_initial.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_query/tasks/mysql_query_initial.yml
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
       that:
       # PyMySQL driver throws a warning, so the following is correct
       - result is not changed
-    when: connector.name.0 is search('pymysql')
+    when: connector_name is search('pymysql')
 
   # Issue https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/268
   - assert:
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
       # if the state was changed or not.
       # We assume that it was for DDL queryes by default in the code
       - result is changed
-    when: connector.name.0 is search('mysqlclient')
+    when: connector_name is search('mysqlclient')
 
   - name: Drop db {{ test_db }}
     mysql_query:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/issue-121.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/issue-121.yml
index fb5bef6..7d789ef 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/issue-121.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/issue-121.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
   block:
 
     # ============================================================
-    - shell: pip show pymysql | awk '/Version/ {print $2}'
-      register: pymysql_version
 
     - name: get server certificate
       copy:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_plugin_auth.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_plugin_auth.yml
index 207a89f..a4884d8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_plugin_auth.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_plugin_auth.yml
@@ -356,10 +356,6 @@
     # plugins that are loaded by default are sha2*, but these aren't compatible with pymysql < 0.9, so skip these tests
     # for those versions.
     #
-    - name: Get pymysql version
-      shell: pip show pymysql | awk '/Version/ {print $2}'
-      register: pymysql_version
-
     - name: Test plugin auth switching which doesn't work on pymysql < 0.9
       when:
         - >
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_variables/tasks/issue-28.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_variables/tasks/issue-28.yml
index 93c2125..aa01ddb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_variables/tasks/issue-28.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_variables/tasks/issue-28.yml
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@
     - assert:
         that:
           - result is failed
-      when: connector.name.0 is search('pymysql')
+      when: connector_name is search('pymysql')
 
     - assert:
         that:
           - result is succeeded
-      when: connector.name.0 is not search('pymysql')
+      when: connector_name is not search('pymysql')
 
     - name: attempt connection with newly created user ignoring hostname
       mysql_variables:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_variables/tasks/mysql_variables.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_variables/tasks/mysql_variables.yml
index 18b321e..ed34966 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_variables/tasks/mysql_variables.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_variables/tasks/mysql_variables.yml
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@
       ignore_errors: true
 
     - include: assert_var.yml changed=true output={{ oor_result }} var_name=max_connect_errors var_value=1
-      when: connector.name.0 is not search('pymysql')
+      when: connector_name is not search('pymysql')
 
     - include: assert_fail_msg.yml output={{ oor_result }}  msg='Truncated incorrect'
-      when: connector.name.0 is search('pymysql')
+      when: connector_name is search('pymysql')
 
     # ============================================================
     # Verify mysql_variable fails when setting an incorrect value (incorrect type)