diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 826eb5be..50cf0069 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ But if you wish to select or exclude specific linters, we give you full control
 | **ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG**           | `false`                         | Flag to enable additional information about the linter, versions, and additional output.                                                                                                                             |
 | **ANSIBLE_CONFIG_FILE**            | `.ansible-lint.yml`             | Filename for [Ansible-lint configuration](https://ansible-lint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuring.html#configuration-file) (ex: `.ansible-lint`, `.ansible-lint.yml`)                                              |
 | **ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY**              | `/ansible`                      | Flag to set the root directory for Ansible file location(s), relative to `DEFAULT_WORKSPACE`. Set to `.` to use the top-level of the `DEFAULT_WORKSPACE`.                                                            |
-| **ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH**             | `${ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY}/roles`    | Path to the Ansible roles directory.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | **CSS_FILE_NAME**                  | `.stylelintrc.json`             | Filename for [Stylelint configuration](https://github.com/stylelint/stylelint) (ex: `.stylelintrc.yml`, `.stylelintrc.yaml`)                                                                                         |
 | **DEFAULT_BRANCH**                 | `master`                        | The name of the repository default branch.                                                                                                                                                                           |
 | **DEFAULT_WORKSPACE**              | `/tmp/lint`                     | The location containing files to lint if you are running locally.                                                                                                                                                    |
diff --git a/lib/functions/worker.sh b/lib/functions/worker.sh
index ef88ecaf..209ec0f6 100755
--- a/lib/functions/worker.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/worker.sh
@@ -194,10 +194,12 @@ function LintCodebase() {
       # Check for ansible #
       #####################
       if [[ ${FILE_TYPE} == "ANSIBLE" ]]; then
+        debug "ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY: ${ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY}, LINTER_COMMAND:${LINTER_COMMAND}, FILE: ${FILE}"
         LINT_CMD=$(
-          debug "ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH: ${ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH}, LINTER_COMMAND:${LINTER_COMMAND}, FILE: ${FILE}"
-          cd "${WORKSPACE_PATH}" || exit
-          ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH=${ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH} ${LINTER_COMMAND} "${FILE}" 2>&1
+          cd "${ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY}" || exit
+          # Don't pass the file to lint to enable ansible-lint autodetection mode.
+          # See https://ansible-lint.readthedocs.io/usage for details
+          ${LINTER_COMMAND} 2>&1
         )
       ####################################
       # Corner case for pwsh subshell    #
diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 21eec99a..5e2e1369 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -853,11 +853,6 @@ export DEFAULT_TEST_CASE_ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY
 ############################
 GetValidationInfo
 
-# Now ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY is set
-ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH="${ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH:-"${ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY}/roles"}"
-debug "Setting ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH to: ${ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH}..."
-export ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH
-
 #################################
 # Get the linter rules location #
 #################################