diff --git a/roles/yoda_rulesets/tasks/main.yml b/roles/yoda_rulesets/tasks/main.yml
index c0ac4f461..8e3fc1bef 100644
--- a/roles/yoda_rulesets/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/yoda_rulesets/tasks/main.yml
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.pip:
     requirements: /etc/irods/yoda-ruleset/requirements.txt
-    extra_args: --user
-    executable: "{{ yoda_rulesets_pip2_path }}"
+    extra_args: --user --break-system-packages
+    executable: "{{ yoda_rulesets_pip3_path }}"
 
 
 - name: Ensure pysqlcipher3 is installed
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.pip:
     name: pysqlcipher3==1.0.4
-    executable: "{{ yoda_rulesets_pip2_path }}"
+    executable: "{{ yoda_rulesets_pip3_path }}"
     extra_args: --user
   when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 - name: Check installed version of pysqlcipher3
   become_user: "{{ irods_service_account }}"
   become: true
-  ansible.builtin.shell: "{{ yoda_rulesets_pip2_path }} show pysqlcipher3 | grep Version | cut -d ' ' -f 2"
+  ansible.builtin.shell: "{{ yoda_rulesets_pip3_path }} show pysqlcipher3 | grep Version | cut -d ' ' -f 2"
   ignore_errors: true
   changed_when: false
   register: pysqlcipher3_version
@@ -134,26 +134,17 @@
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.pip:
     name: pysqlcipher3==1.0.4
-    executable: "{{ yoda_rulesets_pip2_path }}"
+    executable: "{{ yoda_rulesets_pip3_path }}"
     state: absent
   when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian' and '1.0.4' in pysqlcipher3_version.stdout
 
 
-- name: Ensure custom build of pysqlcipher3 is installed globally for ruleset
-  become_user: "{{ irods_service_account }}"
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.command: # noqa no-changed-when
-    cmd: python3 -m easy_install --user https://github.com/UtrechtUniversity/pysqlcipher3/releases/download/v1.2.1/pysqlcipher3-1.2.1-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg
-  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian' and '1.2.1' not in pysqlcipher3_version.stdout
-
-
-- name: Ensure Python 3 jsonschema is installed
-  become_user: '{{ irods_service_account }}'
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.pip:
-    name: jsonschema==4.19.1
-    executable: "{{ yoda_rulesets_pip3_path }}"
-    extra_args: --user
+#- name: Ensure custom build of pysqlcipher3 is installed globally for ruleset
+#  become_user: "{{ irods_service_account }}"
+#  become: true
+#  ansible.builtin.command: # noqa no-changed-when
+#    cmd: python3 -m easy_install --user https://github.com/UtrechtUniversity/pysqlcipher3/releases/download/v1.2.1/pysqlcipher3-1.2.1-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg
+#  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian' and '1.2.1' not in pysqlcipher3_version.stdout
 
 
 - name: Link ruleset directory
diff --git a/roles/yoda_rulesets/vars/Debian.yml b/roles/yoda_rulesets/vars/Debian.yml
index 11b81d9fd..9b7fd019a 100644
--- a/roles/yoda_rulesets/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/roles/yoda_rulesets/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 # copyright Utrecht University
 
-yoda_rulesets_pip2_path: /usr/local/bin/pip2
 yoda_rulesets_pip3_path: /usr/bin/pip3
 yoda_rulesets_python3_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/roles/yoda_rulesets/vars/RedHat.yml b/roles/yoda_rulesets/vars/RedHat.yml
index 2ae47fbb9..ca8b68494 100644
--- a/roles/yoda_rulesets/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ b/roles/yoda_rulesets/vars/RedHat.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 # copyright Utrecht University
 
-yoda_rulesets_pip2_path: /usr/bin/pip
 yoda_rulesets_pip3_path: /usr/local/bin/pip3
 yoda_rulesets_python3_interpreter: /usr/local/bin/python3