diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 3408be2..14ef284 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ dokku-ansible-deploy-dependencies() {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2034
   declare desc="install plugin dependencies"
 
-  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+  declare DEPENDENCIES="ansible python3 python3-dev python3-ruamel.yaml"
 
-  if ! command -v "ansible" &>/dev/null; then
-    dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "installing ansible"
-    apt install -qq -y ansible python3 python3-dev
-  fi
+  dokku_col_log_info1_quiet "Ensuring the following packages are installed: $DEPENDENCIES"
+
+  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+  apt install -qq -y "$DEPENDENCIES"
 }
 
 dokku-ansible-deploy-post-extract() {