diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index abeb68937..8840e115a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo bash -
           sudo apt install nodejs
           matrix_os=${{ matrix.os }}
+          echo "MATRIX OS IS ${matrix_os}"
           case $matrix_os in
             ubuntu-18.04)
               os_name="ubuntu~bionic"
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 227303784..5e74b89d3 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
   # VPN
   config.vm.network 'forwarded_port', guest: 51820, host: 51820, protocol: 'udp'
 
-  config.vm.provision 'ansible' do |ansible|
-    ansible.playbook = 'ansible/playbook.yml'
-    ansible.verbose = true
-  end
+  # Disabling Ansible provisioner for now in favor of a vanilla Ubuntu VM.
+  # config.vm.provision 'ansible' do |ansible|
+  #   ansible.playbook = 'ansible/playbook.yml'
+  #   ansible.verbose = true
+  # end
 end